Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUsage rates for #ClipVol and #MLSN on golf courses in New York
Episode 185
The New York Golf Economic & Environmental Impact Report has interesting results for MLSN and ClipVol usage in New York. 58% of golf courses measure …
6 months, 4 weeks ago
Fertilizer quotes from Piper, Oakley, and Arthur, and #MLSN
Episode 184
Piper and Oakley wrote that "there is nothing mysteriously beneficial in their formulas" and that mixed fertilizers are "extensively advertised" but …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Turfgrass soil sample depth, and what a pesticide-free golf course looks like (photo gallery)
Episode 183
I explain why I recommend collecting soil nutrient samples to a 10 cm (4 inch depth). I also discuss the importance of repeated soil sampling in orde…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Short Grammar book and summer internships with Jim Huntoon
Episode 182
My Short Grammar of Greenkeeping book is one of the required books for turf class at Horry-Georgetown Technical College in South Carolina. Professor …
9 months, 1 week ago
Humidity, heat, mid-round lunches, saunas, and the ITRC with Janne Lehto
Episode 181
Janne Lehto from Hirsala Golf in Finland attended the 15th International Turfgrass Research Conference (ITRC) in Japan. We discussed the heat and hum…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Layers in the rootzone and turf performance with John Forrest and Jeff Austen
Episode 180
John Forrest and Jeff Austen joined me from Western Australia to discuss layers in the rootzone, the educational system and apprenticeships, and sand…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Gradation, particle size distribution, sand, and more sand with Adam Moeller
Episode 179
How do you compare sands to show to what degree one is finer or coarser than another? I've been trying to figure out an easy way to visualize this wi…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Regional MLSN and the soil nutrient levels producing good turf with John Emerson
Episode 178
John Emerson is an extension agent for the University of Delaware who has completed a statewide soil sampling project from good performing turf acros…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The median particle size of sand used for putting green rootzones and topdressing
Episode 177
The D50 is a value that represents the median particle diameter in a sand. I calculated the D50 for 302 sands from around the world, and 15% of them …
10 months ago
How to find the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) anywhere
Episode 176
I explain that moving from full sun to tree shade reduced photosynthetically active radiation by about 80%. I show an app, and a PACE Turf document, …
11 months, 1 week ago