I realized it’s the end of April and I haven’t written any new posts on the ATC site this month. Here are some recent updates I’ve published at PACE Turf, which cover a wide range of topics.
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PACE Turf Update Titles
- Chart of the week: normal OM246
Total organic material by depth (OM246) testing is an effective way to check how much organic materi…
- DNA fingerprinting for turf variety ID
We occasionally get inquiries from turf managers who need to know exactly which bermudagrass turf va…
- Photo of the week: shade, bermudagrass, and winter kill
I saw some winter kill on golf courses in Virginia as I made my way up the East Coast after the Mast…
- Nitrogen source and mini-ring disease
I went to the Clemson University turfgrass field day at the Pee Dee Research and Education Center on…
- Photo of the week: grass clippings
We’ve been checking leaf nutrient content of grass clippings for many years in order to generate…
- What’s “normal” for aeration?
A new survey conducted by the USGA Green Section has some interesting numbers about putting green ae…
- Soil properties for any golf course in the USA
Maggie Reiter has built an app “that pulls soil properties for any golf course in the United States….
- Video: Measuring and Adjusting Spray Tank pH
This video illustrates the use of pH paper and pH meters to measure and adjust spray tank pH. This s…
- Photo of the week: on-site nurseries
One can learn a lot from on-site nurseries. The primary reason I recommend them is to have turf read…
- Review of moss and algae
There’s a new document from Dr. Ross Braun at Kansas State University about algae and moss. Ful…
- Watch out for dramatic temperature fluctuations
Springtime can bring rapid and unpredictable shifts in weather that can cause serious damage. One of…
I also got a new ATC Doublecut episode recorded, on the fascinating topic of CSR theory.