ATC Office Hours – Details, episodes & analysis

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/

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

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=dakt8
• ATC 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/view
• My report about composite soil sampling for turfgrass: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/publication/woods-2020-sampling/

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Read Chris's blog at https://ct-turf.medium.com/

The posts we discussed were titled 

1. Is that disruption
2. Are they right? and
3. The data says ...

See more about the bobble test at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/bobbletest/

Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/nOnfqjdXc7w

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Get climate appraisal forms from PACE Turf at https://www.paceturf.org/index.php/journal/climate

Read about growth potential on the ATC website at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/growth-potential/

Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/oZgXv3ZaHkQ

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Ben Brace and I discussed how we expect MLSN to work for Poa annua, and if there might be some differences compared with creeping bentgrass. We discussed biostimulants, soil sampling, potassium and stress, phosphorus and bentgrass vs. Poa competition, and much more.

Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/8653TLD7SfA

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Watch the video of this conversation: https://youtu.be/Xga9_uA8MBg

Read more about Tom Cook in this article: https://www.turfnet.com/blogs/entry/1452-tom-cook-pioneered-the-turf-program-at-oregon-state-university/

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Chris Tritabaugh, the golf course superintendent at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, discusses an OM246 report for samples collected in October 2021. This is total organic material by depth, and knowing the results of this test provide valuable information to optimize golf course playability while ensuring one is applying just the right amount of sand.

For more about this, see the OM246 project page on the ATC website.

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

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-soldat

A 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/asianturfgrasscenter
Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
See the PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
Listen 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/

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Eric Johnson joined from his office at Chambers Bay to discuss everyday golfing conditions, championship playing surfaces, and workflow using techniques such as clipping volume (#ClipVol), total organic material testing by depth (#OM246), and nutrient supply using #MLSN.

You can find Eric on Twitter at https://twitter.com/altshot2

Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
See the PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
Listen 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/

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Dr. Roch Gaussoin and I discussed soil organic matter, soil organic material, and a lot of things related that that topic.

Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
See the PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
Listen 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/

Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
ATC soil tests: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
PACE Turf tour: https://www.paceturf.org/tour
ATC newsletters: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/