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Back to EpisodesWhy you should know standard sand amounts but not necessarily copy them, with Brian Whitlark
Episode 202
Published 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Description
Brian Whitlark joined me to talk about sand topdressing of putting greens and especially about sand amounts.
- The blog post we discussed is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/standard-sand-amounts/
- Listen to Brian's recent appearance on the Frankly Speaking podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/firm-fast-desert-with-brian-whitlark/id1793571091?i=1000743219832
- OM246 calculator web app with sand quantity conversion calculator: https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/om246/
- How to measure topdressing rates: https://youtu.be/6LurONpyg5M?si=LW4IPwzzXbVAOn-m
- Managing salinity in putting greens article by Brian: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/green-section-record/64/issue-08/managing-salinity-in-putting-greens.html
- Terminology of turfgrass organic matter: https://youtu.be/tMfby5xR2IM?si=8aOQ-Ju6A_cLib8M
- Whitlark and Thompson article from 2019 on topdressing: http://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/article/whitlark-thompson-light-5-3-19.pdf
- Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
- Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
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