This is a superb video about the community initiative led by PSD Agronomy to make natural grass work at Salford JFC. A template for grassroots success with Salford City JFC from Marjentin Media LTD on Vimeo. [Read More]

“The flagrant merchandising of nostrums and unapproved seeds and materials must be attacked vigorously from every quarter.” That exhortation was given by the Turf Committee in their report at the 1952 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy. A couple days ago, I received a notification that a @TurfTruth... [Read More]

Danny Vandecoevering wrote with this interesting email. I thought it was worth sharing here: A couple weeks ago I asked you a question on twitter [his question was in response to this post] regarding what variation in day to day clipping volume would be considered statistically relevant. The reason I... [Read More]

I did this analysis in 2016 and repeated it in 2018. I figure that tweets by the golf course superintendent, Alejandro Reyes (@Reyes_golf), or tweets that mention the golf course superintendent, must be about the course maintenance. That’s what I’m calling “turfgrass tweets.” Leading up to, during, and then immediately... [Read More]

I’ve been asked about zoysia suitability for California, particularly northern parts of California, many times. Every time, I give the same answer. In such a relatively cool climate, and in such a relatively sunny and dry climate, Cynodon seems like a much better choice. I’m posting this for reference in... [Read More]