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by Micah Woods
I discuss technical turfgrass topics with turfgrass managers, scientists, greenkeepers, and whoever drops by the office hours. There's a lot of talk about the work done to create playing surfaces for golf, and also about growing grass for sporting surfaces of all sort, and also some talk of lawns.
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- Sep 24, 20261h 20m
Exploring the New PACE Turf with Maggie Reiter
Micah Woods and Maggie Reiter discuss the new features, design, and tools at PACE Turf, https://paceturf.org/ PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
- Dec 1, 20251h 38m
Autumn #OM246 review: 7 year timeline with Chris Tritabaugh
Chris Tritabaugh and I share and comment on the latest #OM246 test results from what is now a time series stretching over the past seven growing seasons. We discuss what has changed, what hasn't, how surfaces perform, and how total organic material (TOM, or #OM246) data can be used to nudge surface conditions in the desired direction. PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
- Nov 5, 20251h 51m
Pesticide-free turf management with Thomas Pihl, Mads Andersen, and Martin Nilsson
Thomas Pihl, Mads Andersen, and Martin Nilsson joined ATC Office Hours to discuss the challenges, techniques, successes, and failures involved with pesticide-free turfgrass management in Denmark. PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
- Aug 4, 20251h 30m
Fungicide use intensity, the soil microbiome, and disease severity with Dr. Ming-Yi Chou
Dr. Ming-Yi Chou joined me for a short discussion about this topic at the ITRC. Now we discuss this on ATC Office Hours and answer a few questions. For more, see:- https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/fungicides-and-disease-intensity/- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01771-24- Tour de Fungus 2022 https://youtube.com/shorts/x36-KkZ_VFo?si=GNLNsCtRFvUqTQl9 PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
- Dec 31, 20242h 32m
2024 #OM246 review with Chris Tritabaugh
Join me, along with Chris Tritabaugh from Hazeltine National GC, as we review autumn soil test results. We especially look at the #OM246 total organic material results, and discuss those in the context of maintenance work done, changes in the test results from past years, and most importantly, the relation of the tests to putting green performance.This video shows how to measure sand amounts: https://youtu.be/6LurONpyg5M?si=Von0kewt3gzi4wmeThis OM246 calculator finds the OM accumulation rate: https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/om246/Find the climate appraisal form and more about GP at https://www.paceturf.org/Sign up for ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/About textbook N rates https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/i-was-surprised-to-read-this-about-nitrogen-coring-and-sand/Summer cultivation and summer bentgrass decline https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/hollow-tine-solid-tine-both-fail-alleviate-summer-bentgrass-decline/ PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
- Feb 9, 20242h 12m
Growth ratio, measurement units, & turf math with Jason Haines & Bjarni Hannesson
Jason and Bjarni joined me to talk about some useful turfgrass math, especially the turfgrass growth ratio, which you can read more about at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/growth-ratio/Find more infomation at PACE Turf: https://www.paceturf.org/ And at the ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
- Nov 20, 20232h 42m
Autumn #OM246 review with "the guy who doesn't do maintenance Mondays"
For the third consecutive autumn, Chris Tritabaugh joined me to review the OM246 (total organic material by depth) test results from the greens at Hazeltine National Golf Club. We discussed playing conditions, maintenance work, and testing.Here are some links.Chris's Substack: https://ctunderscoreturf.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web&r=dakt8ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ATC's OM246 page (with link to sampling recommendations): https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/om246/PACE Turf: https://www.paceturf.org/Tim VanLoo's article on "Organic matter accumulation in sand-based [sports field] rootzones:" https://sportsfieldmanagementonline.com/2010/08/02/organic-matter-accumulation-in-sand-based-rootzones/4463/Tim VanLoo's thesis about OM and OM testing on sand-based sports fields: https://d.lib.msu.edu/etd/39253/OBJ/viewMy report about composite soil sampling for turfgrass: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/publication/woods-2020-sampling/ PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
- May 10, 20231h 40m
Firm bentgrass greens and OM management with Richard Forsyth
Richard Forsyth is the director of courses at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. We discussed playing conditions, maintenance work, and grass types in relation to production of firm putting surfaces.Chris Tritabaugh and Doug Soldat also spoke about putting green firmness in this podcast: https://open.substack.com/pub/ctunderscoreturf/p/doug-soldatA note about soil surfactants: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/what-do-wetting-agents-really-do/Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/See ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenterFind turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/See the PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturfSee the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newslettersListen to the ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods podcast at https://atc-doublecut.transistor.fm/Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/ PACE Turf: https://paceturf.org/membership/
About ATC Office Hours
I discuss technical turfgrass topics with turfgrass managers, scientists, greenkeepers, and whoever drops by the office hours. There's a lot of talk about the work done to create playing surfaces for golf, and also about growing grass for sporting surfaces of all sort, and also some talk of lawns.
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