Topdressing. Mowing. Irrigation. Fertilizing. Fungicides. All these maintenance practices should produce good turf, right? They usually do. But have you ever seen a situation where the most intensively maintained turf on a property ends up with substandard conditions? In that case, something has gone wrong with the application of those... [Read More]

then you already know that I’ve fixed the blog’s e-mail updates to show the full content. When I updated the website last July, I couldn’t figure out how to get the full post text to show in the RSS feed – that feed is what the e-mail updates are based... [Read More]

After a long trip – this one to start the year was a particularly long one for me – I usually have some passages or topics to look up in my library when I get home. This time was no exception. I was checking Carrow et al. (Turfgrass Soil Fertility... [Read More]

I was wondering when it usually rains in Bangkok. My usual quick source for temperature, precipitation, and sunshine data is the extraordinarily useful “Climatological Information of World Cities for Travellers” from the Hong Kong Observatory. This is a clickable map-based interface to the World Meteorological Organization’s climatological normals dataset. The... [Read More]

I did a turfgrass Twitter analysis. The results are in a searchable and sortable Turf Twitter 2017 Shiny app. Kevin Murdoch shared this stunning photo of Victoria GC and Mt. Baker. Abby Road if the cover was shot in deepest winter @VGC1893... A beautiful end to 2017, particularly when so... [Read More]