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About Matt Cavanaugh
Matt Cavanaugh is a research scientist at the University of Minnesota where he collaborates with fellow turfgrass scientists on a wide range of turfgrass research projects.
Cavanaugh can be reached at mattc@umn.edu for more information.
Posts by Matt Cavanaugh
As turf begins to green up in the spring (or not), superintendents need to quickly repair winterkill damage to putting greens to increase early-season revenue. The term winterkill is a Read more»
In October, I found myself once again digging through the two compartments of my golf cart. I lift up the seat to look in the battery compartment, hoping to find Read more»
50 Cent’s “In Da Club” was the top song, “Chicago” won best picture (gross), Saturn sold 271,000 cars. Johnny Depp was super dreamy, and no one really seemed to care Read more»
In the October Golfdom I wrote about several product application mistakes that superintendents potentially can make. These mistakes included an overdose of plant growth regulators, products used to correct said Read more»
During a recent field day I asked, “How many people here have ever killed grass because of a product they applied or a mistake they made?” Naturally, few raised their Read more»