I’ve seen a lot of highways in Thailand. Highway medians are sodded with manilagrass (Zoysia matrella) as a matter of course (more about the cost of that below). I’ve seen some impressive vistas of this work in past years, but for safety reasons haven’t been able to get any photos.... [Read More]

I’ve recommended these before, and having found myself repeatedly suggesting the Wisconsin clipping tracker template and the Data organization in spreadsheets article, this post is a bookmark for that topic. After having looked at a lot of different clipping volume recording layouts, I think it makes the most sense to... [Read More]

On February 28, I took Wana—a fine-bladed putting green type manilagrass—rhizomes and cut to a two node length. Then I planted these cut rhizomes, each with two tiny plants on them, in the center of sand-filled pots. The pot fertilized with N, P, and K on 7 March 2020, eight... [Read More]

These are the predicted distributions and percentiles of total organic matter in the surface 2 cm (0.8 inches) of warm-season grass putting greens. I include a plot for predicted organic matter of a random green of an unknown species. That’s what I’d expect to find on a green for which... [Read More]

This is a time of year when there is a lot of sand going down on putting greens, and sometimes a bit of coring too. The purpose of all this work? I’d say it’s to keep the organic matter levels at the surface of the greens at the desired level.... [Read More]