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Measuring the growth rate by clipping volume. Really.
Books
My books about greenkeeping, turfgrass science, clipping volume, and MLSN.
Better turf conditions with more intensive maintenance
You may be familiar with the grammar of greenkeeping. That’s what I call the approach to turfgrass maintenance that focuses on growth rate. As I wrote in the preface to the book with that title:
Micah Woods
2024-07-03
2 min read
Turf Speedo looks like this
I’ve been looking at some growth ratio data, and I’ll share a few ideas here. Jason Haines introduced this as the turfgrass speedo, and I think that’s a good name for it.
Micah Woods
2024-05-23
2 min read
The annual and year to date clipping yield
I’ve taught a seminar that goes through 10 things I’ve learned about clipping volume. One of those things is this: keeping track of the total quantity of clippings year to date and as annual totals is useful.
Micah Woods
2024-05-08
1 min read
Palmetto GCSA Education Meeting
Slides You can download the slides here: Systematic improvement of golf course conditions, 4.2 MB PDF file Systematic improvement notes With routine measurement of surface conditions, it’s possible to adjust the work in a systematic way to make the conditions better, for more days in the year, than I once thought possible.
Micah Woods
2024-04-02
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Nutrient harvest turf math
A correspondent wrote with this inquiry related to estimating the value “a” in the MLSN fertilizer rate equation.1 Specifically, the “a” value is the expected plant use of the element over the time period for which the fertilizer recommendation is being made.
Micah Woods
2024-02-26
3 min read
2024 Canadian Golf Course Management Conference
Slides You can download the slides here: Systematic improvement of golf course conditions, 3.1 MB PDF file 10 things I’ve learned about clipping volume, 2.8 MB PDF file Systematic improvement notes I started off with this as an introduction:
Micah Woods
2024-02-26
'Greenkeepers know, the world over, that if the grass grows too slow, they will be out of a job'
I was a guest on The Tie podcast where I spoke with Walker Simas about “Turf for Dummies.” Well, not quite to that extreme. We still managed to cover a lot of greenkeeping topics, but perhaps I explained the topics in a less technical way.
Micah Woods
2024-02-04
1 min read
BCGSA Professional Development Days
Slides You can download the slides here: From Thursday, December 7: The inevitable consequences of regular rootzone measurements, 2.7 MB PDF file From Friday, December 8: Nutrition, growth, and surface performance
Micah Woods
2023-12-07
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