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Managing organic matter in greens

December 23, 2019 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Clark Throssell, Ph.D., and Roch Gaussoin, Ph.D., discuss how golf course superintendents can manage organic matter in greens. Gaussoin is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has conducted a wide range of research projects on organic matter ...

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A review of 2019

December 23, 2019 By Seth Jones

It’s been a hectic few weeks for the Joneses, as we recently moved. After 10 years of living in a small town of 6,000, we upped and moved the family to the country. Today a neighbor literally rode his horse ...

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Top 5 actions of 2019

December 23, 2019 By Carlos Arraya

The snow is falling (at least at my house in St. Louis), the holiday music is blaring, the department stores and the internet have fully activated their best ads. The new ads and creativity are great marketing strategies designed to ...

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Maxtima and Navicon Intrinsic: New fungicides to help superintendents

November 7, 2019 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Clark Throssell interviews Renee Keese, Ph.D. Keese is a biology R&D project leader in turf and ornamentals for BASF. She leads numerous field trials every year on new and commercially available active ingredients for use in turf. You may reach ...

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7Up and the early buying season

November 7, 2019 By Karl Danneberger, Ph.D.

When I was sick growing up, my mom would make me drink 7Up. She thought it had medicinal properties and would take care of my ills. 7Up, which I now find at my grocery store on the bottom shelf of ...

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Fending off Jack Frost

November 7, 2019 By Joe Gulotti

Being cold is the worst, but even a dummy like me has learned that if you dress appropriately, you can keep that miserable fella Jack Frost in check. I’ve become obsessed with cold-weather gear, particularly since the technology to keep ...

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