The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods
I discuss ATC blog posts, with supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Thus, a doublecut of these topics. This covers grass selection, playability, and all the work done to create a certain type of turfgrass surface.
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- every 6 days
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- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 184
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Bentgrass greens: average fertilizer supply vs. nutrient use
- The blog post with data and chart is at: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/fertilizer-supply-vs-nutrient-use/
- Watch this episode on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/KiMIvY4NdZ0
- More information about all…
What's the deal with the variance parameter in the growth potential equation?
This discusses how changing the variance value in the turfgrass growth potential equation will change the shape of the curve as one moves away from the optimum growth temperatures.
- PACE Turf: https:/…
Using temperature-based growth potential (GP) to evaluate and compare season length
I discussed using the temperature-based growth potential (GP) to make comparisons between locations. The chart with 33 locations around the world is in this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/…
Soil sampling procedures for turfgrass: discussion & survey results
I discuss the 7 question, 2 minute survey, about soil sampling procedures for turfgrass, and I explain why this is an important topic that I've been paying more attention to. I discuss a survey I con…
Two similar approaches to turfgrass nutrition with one notable difference
This is about #MLSN and about the precision fertilisation approach developed by Tom Ericsson.
The post I discussed is at: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/2-similar-approaches-to-fertilization-with…
Five comments (and my replies) about the OM246 Office Hours
I gave a detailed answer to 5 comments about this Office Hours episode (https://youtu.be/J5_5mDJ-Vxc) about OM246 testing. The blog post I discussed in this episode is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com…
The remarkable effect of [just enough] traffic on an unmown lawn
I showed photos of two lawns in this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/wonders-of-traffic-on-turfgrass/
Watch this episode at: https://youtu.be/NL7hkazsGSY
Both lawns are manilagrass (Zoysia ma…
Turf Twitter analysis, irrigation frequency and amount, & ATC content survey results
I discussed 4 posts in this ATC Doublecut episode.
- Turf Twitter analysis in 2021: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turf-twitter-analysis-2021/
- The ten posts no one read in 2021: https://www.asiantu…
The top 10 posts of 2021 plus the non-comprehensive awesome list
These posts are at:
https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/top-ten-posts-of-2021/
https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/awesome-list-2021/
Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/bZFegyB3cUM
- Turf W…
Does organic matter vary from green to green by a lot, or by a little?
This is a direct link to the blog post discussed in this episode, including the charts showing organic matter variation from green to green on the same course: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/org…
The 2.5 hour OM246 discussion, distilled, summarized, and reviewed
The 4 minute read: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/office-hour-discussion-summarized/
The 2.5 hour original video: https://youtu.be/J5_5mDJ-Vxc
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B6vdk…
Zoysia, water use, and fact checking
I showed photos from a post on zoysia, water use, and fact checking, to show that when irrigation is restricted, and it doesn't rain---drought conditions---zoysia needs more water than bermuda to sta…
One thing I'd like everyone to understand about MLSN
This episode is a discussion of this blog post and article: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/one-thing-i-wish-everyone-understood-about-mlsn/
Grass uses nutrients, so we can expect the soil nutrie…
Soil organic material by mass and by volume
The volume of organic matter is shown in this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/organic-matter-by-mass-or-volume/
The video of this episode is at: https://youtu.be/pk0KGYxbNMA
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A potassium reserve in the soil: non-exchangeable and mineral K
I talked about this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/potassium-reserve-in-the-soil/
The Dest and Guillard article about the bentgrass grown in eight different sands is available at https…
Soil organic matter and N mineralization (with a 5x difference between Reykjavik & Bangkok)
This episode discusses the topics I wrote about in this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/soil-organic-matter-and-n-mineralization-bangkok-reykjavik/
The video of this episode is at: https://y…
The growth ratio: is the grass growing faster, or slower, than expected?
Grass growth varies by season. And a common question is "how much should I expect my grass to be growing?" The turfgrass growth ratio, conceived of by Jason Haines, is a way to express the actual gro…
Zoysia on highway medians in Thailand
I discuss the standard practice of sodding highway medians with zoysia (manilagrass) in Thailand and why the zoysia does not persist.
Photos at: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/more-about-zoysia-…
All you need to know about total organic material measurement (#OM246) by depth
I introduced this bullet list: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/soil-organic-matter-bullet-list/
This is the OM246 project page with sampling instructions: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/om…
Inertia as the force of inactivity, and a story about frost delays
The post discussed in this episode is about inertia: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/inertia-as-the-force-of-inactivity/
More about frost at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/frost/
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