Thailand

The Thailand GCSA’s Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference returned this week. Delegates from all over the world gathered in Pattaya to learn about the latest in turfgrass management—the tools, techniques, and technologies that can be used today.

Photos All the conference photos, taken by Boy Yothin, are available in this Google Drive folder. Slides You can download the slides here. Slides from Micah Woods Strategies to minimize disease with reduced fungicide use, 1.

If you’ve participated in any of my recent seminars, you may have seen that I’ve included a QR code that takes you to a page where the slides can be downloaded, and where I add some supplemental information or answer questions that came up during the seminar.

One of the interesting differences between zoysia varieties is their seedhead production. On putting greens, the seedheads have a white or silvery appearance. I’m not sure that golf players notice the seedheads, but the seedheads are obvious to turfgrass managers when they look at the sward.

I got to see a lot of beautiful and interesting turfgrass around the world in 2022. I looked through my photos from the year and chose these as my favorites.

Have you ever seen seedheads on zoysia? Have you ever planted zoysia sod and seen a lot of seeds on some pieces but not on others? I’ve seen this a lot, and I’m not the only one.

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.

Doug Soldat joined me for an ATC Office Hours discussion about leaf nutrient analyses (tissue testing) for turfgrass. I’ve embedded the video at the end of this post, link to it here, or listen to the podcast version here.

I’ve noticed that traffic—just enough traffic—can transform some grasses into an amazing type of surface. I’ve seen this with Cynodon in China, with Festuca in Iceland, and in other places as well, but those are a couple that come to mind.

I’ve been making estimates of N mineralization from soil organic matter for the past few years using the method described by Gilmour and Mauromoustakos in Nitrogen mineralization from soil organic matter: a sequential model.