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Of conventional mowers, electric mowers, and electricity generation
Yesterday I responded to two questions related to carbon emissions associated with electricity generation. This was part of a broader discussion started by Jason Haines about small electric autonomous mowers.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-04-15
7 min read
Autonomous mower at 12 mm produced higher quality turf, increased shoot density, and reduced energy use compared to a conventional reel mower
Jason Haines has written recently about The future of robot mowers today and I recommend having a read of that post for more insight, and some videos of these types of machines.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-04-17
2 min read
"Never has a sport needed to adapt more"
In the latest World Golf Report, I came across a link to Giles Morgan’s post on Sport – it’s all about Darwinning. This was a broad discussion of sports thriving – or not.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-04-18
1 min read
A hypothesis about the most sustainable grass
A fine-bladed manilagrass growing faster than Tifeagle bermudagrass. I’ve written about zoysia growing faster than bermuda. Mike Richardson asked: so, the real question…is that better? “Slow growing” has always been one of my favorite traits of zoysia…
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2022-03-26
1 min read
Conventional nutrient guidelines: explaining what I mean by "broken"
This is no secret among turfgrass scientists—there isn’t a lot of good justification to support what we call conventional guidelines for soil nutrients in turfgrass. And by that, I mean the conventional guidelines are broken.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-06-03
4 min read
Seasonal nitrogen use, how much and when?
This is a continuation of the fall nitrogen topic that I deliberately raised in a couple of blog posts. See these for some background: Spring reflections on autumn impressions On fertilizer, and whether it should change by season Many turf managers get great results with late fall nitrogen applications.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-11-11
7 min read
Hitting all of our goals
This is an extraordinarily good video about grasses, mowing, construction, irrigation, soils, playability, maintenance cost, and more. If you are interested in these topics, watch this interview with Don Mahaffey.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-04-14
1 min read
Spring reflections on autumn impressions
In the autumn, some turf managers make applications of nitrogen (N) at relatively high rates. Specifically, the applications supply more N than the turf can use at that time – I’m using at that time to mean within the next month after the application date.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-11-11
3 min read
3 reasons sheep are better than cows for mowing fairways
The 1st at Ootacamund Gymkhana Club (founded 1896) is strikingly reminiscent of the 10th at Augusta National. This long dogleg left plays steeply downhill in a wide corridor between tall evergreen trees.
Micah Woods
Last updated on 2021-04-14
3 min read
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