When I was reading the 1952 report of the “Turf Committee” from that year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, I was looking specifically for use of the word turf, or turf grass, or turfgrass. This 1952 report was the final one from the “turf committee;” by 1953... [Read More]

This inquiry came by email under the heading of “MLSN for leaf tissue.” Dear Micah, hope you are fine, it has been a while since we talked last. I must say that I have seen quite a lot of analyses of turf soil with good characteristics and fertilizer levels close... [Read More]

I enjoyed listening to my friends Dave Wilber and Kevin Ross in their TurfHead Jam Session this week. They’d put out some teasers that they would be discussing #ClipVol, so I made sure to listen as soon as the podcast came out, to see what these industry veterans had to... [Read More]

There is an interesting thread on Twitter, started by Mike Richardson, about turfgrass terminology. He was asked why “we write grass names such as bermudagrass or zoysiagrass as single words when they are, in fact, grasses?” Aaron Patton answered that, showing a screenshot from a 1962 Agronomy Journal article on... [Read More]

Maybe you saw this from Jeff Johnson a couple days ago. The best Greens Stimp Team from the #2016RyderCup @drumcturf and ⁦@asianturfgrass⁩ wish ⁦@Reyes_golf⁩ and his team all the best this week at the #RyderCup The course looks amazing. Congratulations #USA #Europe #2018RyderCup pic.twitter.com/RtkfhqBQl1— Jeff Johnson (@MinikahdaTurf) September 26, 2018... [Read More]