The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods – Details, episodes & analysis

A month ago Joe Gulotti and I walked the fairways and greens of the Montchanin Course at Dupont Country Club. I wrote a blog post about that, and we discussed my visit in this episode.

Blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/a-visit-to-the-talking-greenkeeper/
The Talking Greenkeeper podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-talking-greenkeeper/id1435947281

Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
Get ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/
Turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter
Listen to the ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods podcast at https://doublecut.asianturfgrass.com/
Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://office-hours.asianturfgrass.com/

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

You can sometimes, perhaps more often than you would think, find soil under good turf to have lower nutrient content than does soil under poor quality turf. In this episode, I explain why that is, what the implications of this phenomenon are, and what you can do about it.

• This blog post has all the details on the turf (and soil) paradox: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turf-paradox/
• Henry Qu and I discussed learning, Bayesian analysis, and more in this engaging conversation: https://youtu.be/o4Y4xJt0stU?si=2jQevp6CqKPWR1gi

• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Get ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/
• Turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
• ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

I discuss small plot university research with fixed treatments vs. golf course and sports turf maintenance with treatments that vary, and consider which results we should trust more. I also discuss the bobble test after 270 rounds, mention that core sweepers are a nice machine, and explain how I estimate N harvested in creeping bentgrass clippings.

Posts discussed and relevant links include:

• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/ball-roll-after-270-rounds/
• Short bobble test video with T-Jay Creamer: https://youtu.be/Y2Fbw8Ks-gE
• ATC2x episode with T-Jay about management of the greens: https://youtu.be/NJwc7XJQRGk
• Bobble test rating scale: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/bobble-test-rating-scale/
• MSU Turfgrass Information File database: https://tic.msu.edu/database
• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/green-sweepers-that-work-beautifully/
• Cleaning aerification cores the easy way in Japan: https://youtu.be/yv26e9rqwBw
• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/nitrogen-harvested-in-clippings-calculation-update-for-2024/

• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Get ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/
• Turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
• ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

I talked about these posts.

• More than average tournament: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/why-kbc-is-so-interesting/ 
• Round numbers and closed days for maintenance: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/golf-rounds-and-days-open/
• Sodium potassium ratios: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/sodium-and-potassium-as-percentages-or-concentrations/

• 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 Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

Joe Gulotti joined me to discuss the posts on my blog that no one read. In this episode, we discussed grass on tram lines in Kumamoto City. Here's the post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/kumamoto-city-tram-grass/

Joe is host of the Talking Greenkeeper podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-talking-greenkeeper/id1435947281
We discussed his fine episode with Michael Kantor, lightweight greens rolling expert: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/michael-kantor/id1435947281?i=1000568361246
You can find Joe on Twitter at https://twitter.com/hardg43

Turfgrass information and decision support tools at PACE Turf: https://www.paceturf.org/
PACE Turf's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

Paul and I discussed a number of locations around Asia including Da Nang, Thailand, Hokkaido, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines, for their relative merits as golfing destinations. 

• We discussed this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/the-best-golfing-destination-in-asia/
• Follow Paul on Twitter at https://twitter.com/pauljansengolf 
• Jansen Golf Design website at https://jansengolf.com/ 
• Jon Wall visits Himalayan GC: https://twitter.com/DirtyBulk/status/427424969157799936 
• Jon Wall visits Himalayan GC for a second time: https://twitter.com/DirtyBulk/status/824231111899254784 
• Erik Anders Lang visits Himalayan GC: https://youtu.be/aIvZrTYo8t4 
• Subscribe to the PACE Turf information service: https://www.paceturf.org/ 
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ 
• See the ATC newsletters: https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters 
• Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast: https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/
• Watch this episode on the ATC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

• John's Turfgrass Management book is available at https://turfpath.com/
• Turfgrass information and decision support tools at PACE Turf: https://www.paceturf.org/
• PACE Turf's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
• ATC's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AsianTurfgrassCenter
• We discussed my acquisition and this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/more-about-the-pace-turf-acquisition/
• ATC Shiny apps page: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/shiny-apps/
• PACE Turf GP avatar app: https://paceturf.shinyapps.io/GPAvatar/
• ATC's Global DLI (photosynthetically active radiation) app: https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/global_dli/
• Mark Smith's manganese discussion: https://twitter.com/marks_sm1th/status/1550778220060069890
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
• Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

• My blog post about the experiment: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/least-enjoyable-experiment-ever/ 
• Frank's Green Section Record article about the experiment, "In Search of the Silver Bullet" https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2004/040916.pdf 
• Frank's GCM magazine article about the experiment, "Effects of microbial and organic products on putting green performance" http://files.asianturfgrass.com/rossi_2006_gcm_fertilizer_programs.pdf 
• Follow Frank Rossi on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FrankSpeaks3 
• Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OEc7j7HeBTw
• Get turfgrass information resources at https://www.paceturf.org/ 
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ 
• See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters 
• Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

I spoke with Andrew Thomson about golf at remote courses in Japan, playing links golf courses with old golf clubs, hickory golf, and target golf created by mowing patterns.

• Read more about these courses at: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/botanizing-nippon-treasure-links/ 
• Andrew's book "Bridge to the Gods: Tales from Kyushu" is available from Ryan Publishing (http://www.ryanpub.com.au/bridgetothegods.htm) and from all fine booksellers. 
• Follow Andrew on Twitter at https://twitter.com/newsfromkyushu 
• Watch this episode at https://youtu.be/QyWJfg-1hPU
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ 
• See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters 
• Get turfgrass information resources at https://www.paceturf.org/ 
• Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/

This episode discusses dollar spot and the Smith-Kerns model, making fertilizer recommendations as a ratio, and ranking locations for warm-season grasses based on light restriction caused by cloud cover. 

• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/checking-dollar-spot-with-model-probability/ 
• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/survey-results-preferences-fertilizer-ratio-or-percentage/  
• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/low-light-locations-for-warm-season-grasses/ 

See also: 

• PACE Turf climate appraisal, https://www.paceturf.org/memberedition/weather 
• The MLSN cheat sheet, https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/new-mlsn-cheat-sheet/ 
• The Global DLI Shiny App, https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/global_dli/ 
• Watch this episode at https://youtu.be/sMfP5icXHoI
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ 
• Get turfgrass management information and decision support tools at https://www.paceturf.org/ 
• See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters 
• Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/
• Follow on Twitter at https://twitter.com/asianturfgrass

• Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/