Every load of topdressing sand you apply becomes a permanent part of the putting green. Each application adds to the developing surface layer and shapes moisture, firmness and playing…
Every load of topdressing sand you apply becomes a permanent part of the putting green. Each application adds to the developing surface layer and shapes moisture, firmness and playing…
Aerification recovery is decided before the first core is pulled. Golfers see holes, sand, disruption, and temporarily slower greens. Superintendents see an opportunity to relieve compactio…
Next summer’s putting greens are built this fall, and most of that work happens below the surface. Creeping bentgrass comes out of summer with less root mass, lower carbohydrate reserves, a…
Summer is the season that tests creeping bentgrass. Fall is the season that determines whether it actually recovers. After months of high temperatures, heavy traffic, elevated respiration, disea…
Every pound of certified bentgrass seed that reaches your greens started with a decision made months earlier in an Oregon field, and that decision is what separates a seed lot that performs from…
Tee-2-Green
Last post, I closed with a promise: a closer look at one of the more promising tools in modern turfgrass management, silicon, and how it helps bentgrass handle summer stress with more resilience.…