I noticed something interesting on the lawn of a resort at Ko Kood earlier this month. Looking down from the “Beware of falling coconuts” signs, I noticed that the southern section of lawn was primarily seashore paspalum, and that section of lawn was infested with a variety of weeds. Moving... [Read More]

I was searching the Turfgrass Information File for ‘turfgrass quality rating’ and a couple interesting silicon/silica/silicate projects appeared in the results. The first one, Fortification of Potassium Silicate With Compost Tea and Seaweed Extract for the Management of Dollar Spot of Turfgrass by Manoharan, I’ll summarize with this quote: “this... [Read More]

The India Golf Expo was held in Bangalore last month, and I was there to speak at the R&A seminar on sustainable golf course renovation and maintenance in India. You can read about the Expo and the R&A seminar, along with plenty of photos from the Golf Digest India reporting... [Read More]

Is reactive greenkeeping better than proactive? Martin Till explained how excess phosphorus will ruin your water. Dan Gardner showed a photo comparison from five years of thatch management: Love these comparisons of five years of thatch management. From 50mm thatch depth to less than 10mm. In the quest for livelier... [Read More]

I had an interesting conversation a few weeks ago about turfgrass nutrition. The conversation was wide-ranging, from fertilizer, to soil testing, and then the question came up, “what do you think about tissue testing?” Well, if you’ve had this conversation with me before (and I’m sure many of you have),... [Read More]