ClipVol

Measuring the growth rate by clipping volume. Really.

My books about greenkeeping, turfgrass science, clipping volume, and MLSN.

One way that I like to look at clipping volume measurements is to plot the cumulative amount of clippings collected. This enables one to compare clipping amounts year to year.

Here are some common questions about turfgrass management: how much fertilizer should I be adding at this time of year? how often should I topdress with sand? how often should I be verticutting?

A view of the sixth hole at Nikanti GC near Bangkok. Brad Revill from BRT Agronomy has been working with #MLSN, #ClipVol, and #OM246 throughout Southeast Asia and with a few select clients in Australia.

This can seem a bit abstract, the whole growth ratio thing. In this post, I go step-by-step through the reasoning behind this, and explain exactly which problem this solves. There’s a common question that people have when they start measuring the exact amount of clipping volume.

A question came up about optimum clipping volume and whether that quantity of clippings changes by season. That amount must change for any location at which there are seasonal changes in the weather.

There is a comprehensive explanation of clipping volume in Golf Course Management. I knew this would be good, because Chris Tritabaugh is an accomplished writer. His years of experience using and thinking about ClipVol show in the article.

Phil Collinson asked an interesting question: when calculating N inputs, do greenkeepers account for N added outside of fertilizer? Greenkeepers - when calculating N inputs for the year do you account for N outside of fert?

You’ve seen the trailer and heard the bleeps. Now, you can watch the full episode. This is “Flying Blind”, Episode 3 in Season 1 of my Grammar of Greenkeeping show.