Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSand topdressing matched to clipping volume, with Bjarni Hannesson
Episode 205
I've updated my recommendation for the sand quantity to apply for every unit of clipping volume harvested, if your goal is to keep surface organic ma…
8 hours ago
Post-rain growth flush: 12 mL from water, 8 from mineralized soil N, & 2.5 from N in the rain
Episode 204
This is about partitioning the growth flush after a rain. What's causing that growth flush? I made some calculations, using New Forest GC in the UK a…
6 days, 23 hours ago
More air in the soil with frequent irrigation
Episode 203
It sounds counterintuitive at first, that you can maintain a lower average water content in the soil, and a higher air content in the soil, by applyi…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Why you should know standard sand amounts but not necessarily copy them, with Brian Whitlark
Episode 202
Brian Whitlark joined me to talk about sand topdressing of putting greens and especially about sand amounts.
The blog post we discussed is: https://ww…3 weeks, 3 days ago
Competition, stress, disturbance, species, strategies, and Grime
Episode 201
High maintenance turf often requires a high disturbance and high stress environment. Grime's CSR theory says there are "no viable strategies" for pla…
1 month ago
Downward trend in OM2 and varying sand and N rates by green with T-Jay Creamer
Episode 200
T-Jay Creamer is the golf course superintendent at Olympic View Golf Club on Vancouver Island. He's seen a steady decrease in OM2 in response to his …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Averages, river crossings, fescue, nutrients, spot spraying, and snow mold with Jason Haines
Episode 199
Jason Haines is the Links Superintendent at Cabot Cape Breton. We had a wide ranging conversation about blog posts from 2025, a new #MLSN article, c…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Firmness, sand, and zoysiagrass with Stewart Naugler
Episode 198
Stewart Naugler is the Director of Agronomy at Loraloma in Texas. We talked about zoysiagrass as a golfing surface, playability, and maintenance requ…
3 months, 1 week ago
Total organic material, soil organic matter, and screens
Episode 197
Thatch and mat at the top of turfgrass rootzones are removed from soils prior to testing for soil organic matter. Total organic material (OM246) test…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
GCSAA seminar overview, condition-based maintenance, and PAR
Episode 196
This gives an overview of the seminars I presented at the GCSAA Conference in 2026 and discusses updated PACE Turf site analyses of photosyntheticall…
3 months, 3 weeks ago