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Visualizing how the growth potential model changed the way I fertilize my...
In my last post I outlined how the amounts of fertilizer applied to my golf course has changed over the years due to adopting the MLSN guidelines. In this post I will show some cool animated charts...
View ArticleSpot Spraying and Counting Disease.
Spot spraying has been a big part of my IPM program for the last few years. I hypothesized that winter diseases like fusarium on the coast aren't really that bad, we just make them worse by spreading...
View ArticleHow rolling can help fight climate change
OK that title is a bit much but bare with me. It's no secret I'm a fan of rolling. It has a ton of benefits from faster and smoother greens to disease suppression. Ever since I got my first roller...
View Article2017 pesticide usage summary
We have never spent less controlling pests on our golf course as we did in 2017. With a lot of hard work, determination, and luck with the weather and predicting the future, I was able to continue the...
View Article2016 almost no wetting agents on greens
Does needle tine aeration make wetting agents redundant? In 2015 I survived the record drought with only Dispatch as a wetting agent on my putting greens. I had changed the timing of my irrigation on...
View ArticleI'm a speaker at #GIS17
That's right, I will be attending this year's Golf Industry Show in Orlando Florida and will be doing a number of talks. I hope to meet up and talk with everyone I have met over the years on social...
View ArticleHow reduced fertilizer has benefited my golf course.
Today I was honored to be a part of the EIFG panel discussion at the Golf Industry Show. My presentation was about how reduced fertilizer has benefited my golf course as I have implemented the MLSN...
View ArticleGIS Job Board Presentation
Today I did a presentation on Job Boards on the trade show floor at GIS. While there are many good paid versions, the free home-made versions can offer a lot of features that even the paid versions...
View ArticleDollar Spot IPM
Ok, so this is going to be a long one, but if you struggle with dollar spot and want to maybe reduce its impact on your grass and budget I promise it will be worth your time. Last week while at the...
View ArticleRecovering from winter damage with GP and MLSN
You might have heard that my course has suffered some winter kill and I'm sure some of you have some questions about why this happened relating to GP and the MLSN as well as how I plan on recovering...
View ArticleMore sand with solid tine aeration?
I came across this on twitter this morning. Noticed this while out cutting some leaners this morning. Sand channel on left quad-tine core, channel on right solid-tine. #issolidbetter?...
View ArticleAlternate Winter Damage Recovery Solutions
It's no secret that I, and many others in the area, have suffered winter damage on our greens. Needless to say I have done a ton of research on strategies to recover from the damage as quickly as...
View ArticleRolling to Improve Establishment
Easily my favorite tweet of the week was: @PenderSuper This was a couple years ago 2014 Greens were "rolled" by mistake with greens roller 3 days after seeding pic.twitter.com/q9zg7J5UcZ — Robert Lee...
View ArticlePromoting Bentgrass Grain
Why the hell would you want to do that? You can search the internet for reasons to promote bentgrass grain and I assure you, you won't find much. This is no April Fools joke. In the world of promoting...
View ArticleBetter than Organic?
Organic is seen by most (by most I mean the uneducated public) as the best way to manage a golf course. Over the years I've tried to go down that road but found that there were too many problems with...
View ArticleExtreme Growth Rate Turfnerdery
Measuring the clipping yield has been one of the most enlightening things that I have done in the past 6 years. Knowing how the grass is growing is a super important metric in my opinion. Pretty much...
View ArticleMore about wood ash and why it seems to reduce turf disease
Before I go any further, don't be an idiot. The information I'm about to share is to peak interest and hopefully inspire some research on the use of wood ash and it's byproducts for disease control in...
View ArticleClipping yield, soil mineralization and disease rates
Needle tine aerification during heavy rains to move water through soil. I started measuring clipping yield on each individual green last week as described in an earlier post. Since that time we have...
View ArticleStimp vs Yield
I never thought having dead greens could be so interesting. Extreme circumstances like having to grow in new greens has given me completely different growth rates across my greens. Obviously this...
View ArticleDifferences and similarities in growth rates
It has now been just over 2 weeks since I started measuring clipping yields on individual greens. Firstly, it's worth noting that we have not recorded any increase in time that it takes to cut the...
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