greenkeeping

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

My advice is to test for soil nutrients at the time of the year when nutrient levels are likely to be at their lowest. In temperate climates in which there is some precipitation during the summer, then this is an autumn timing.

For a few years now, when I have private discussions about the type of putting green maintenance that involves few or no holes punched in the surface and minimal sand topdressing, I often hear this response.

This photo of the 18th green at Habu Country Club in March 2001 appeared in my Facebook feed on March 20, and it reminded me of springtime maintenance on golf courses in Japan.

I’ve been adding new videos to the ATC YouTube channel and as I’ve done that a lot of the videos fit nicely into playlists. If you haven’t checked these out yet, I recommend doing so.

These are the slides and supplementary links for my presentations at the 2023 Manitoba Golf & Turf Conference. Slides on Systematic improvement of course conditions, 11.5 MB PDF file Slides on Soil organic matter by depth, 8.

I’ve enjoyed reading Chris Tritabaugh’s ct_turf newsletter. I recommend subscribing, like I have, to receive each new post by email. Chris is an excellent writer with an apparently unlimited number of good ideas.

I use the turfgrass growth potential (GP) all the time. I make use of the GP for all kinds of things, like predicting sand topdressing amounts, comparing locations, predicting nutrient use, checking overseeding dates, estimating mowing requirements, and many more.

Chris Tritabaugh has completed his series of blog posts about playability, organic matter management, change, and consistency, with one titled What we do. The series started with Is that disruption?

The first time I went to Spain, I was a university student. I remember taking a bus out to the general vicinity of El Saler, walking to the club entrance, asking if I could meet the greenkeeper, and then being lucky enough to have that answer be yes.