Asian Turfgrass Center

Monthly Turfgrass Roundup: July 2017

Posted on August 7, 2017

In this month’s roundup, topdressing sand, three posts about saving a ton of money and getting better results, P deficiency, green speed, and much more. TurfNet’s Living Legends series with this article about Tom Cook. Herbicide vs. nothing vs. N fertilizer, shared by Aaron Hathaway: Left: herbicide app; Middle: no... [Read More]

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Have you seen turf that ran out of potassium?

Posted on August 6, 2017

It’s not pretty. In fact, the grass gets horrendous in a hurry when it runs out of potassium (K). Which is why, as a turfgrass manager, one wants to make sure the grass is always supplied with enough K. The MLSN guidelines are an excellent way to do this, because... [Read More]

Phosphorus deficiency symptoms in the control plots

Paul Johnson reminded me of another experiment about P deficiency, soil test P, and fertilizer

Posted on July 31, 2017

After last week’s post about the soil test levels where P deficiency symptoms were seen, Paul Johnson wrote to remind me about another experiment: “This is always a topic of interest to me, beginning with the study I did in the early 2000s. It’s also the reason I’ve continued to... [Read More]

A chart of asianturfgrass's most influential Twitter followers

These are the accounts that themselves have the most followers and that tweet the most

Posted on July 30, 2017

Yesterday I read this post by Shirin Glander about social network analysis and topic modeling. She showed a chart of number of followers and number of tweets per day, with both axes on a log2 scale. That is a much cleaner display than anything I’ve made previously (for example, this... [Read More]

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Remember this? Saving $150,000 in a year? I checked the results 8 months later

How things are going in the second year of using MLSN and GP

Posted on July 27, 2017

Do you remember the amazing story from Thomas Sedlmeier who wrote to me last November? He introduced himself, explained how he had started using MLSN and GP, informed me that the grass conditions were beautiful, and also shared some information about maintenance expenses. “So all in all I had savings... [Read More]