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The dollars (and temps) of greens covers

November 12, 2018 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Mike Richardson, Ph.D., is a turfgrass scientist at the University of Arkansas. Mike and his colleagues have been studying the air temperature at which temporary covers should be used on ultradwarf bermudagrass greens. Mike can be reached at mricha@uark.edu for ...

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The superintendent/architect relationship

November 12, 2018 By Jared Nemitz

Partnerships have the utmost importance in our business, whether it’s with our club managers, assistants, vendors, golfers or others. Partnerships make the good times fun and the bad times just a little bit easier. In these strong economic times, many ...

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Clipping volume nothing to snicker at

November 12, 2018 By Joe Gulotti

Recently, I listened to a turf-related podcast while completing some turfgrass chores. I was thoroughly enjoying the conversation until it hit on a topic that in all honesty, annoyed me a bit. The subject of clip volume was plucked from ...

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Keeping up with the Jones: Almost everything is awesome

October 15, 2018 By Seth Jones

Greetings from the Sunflower State, where Kansas Jayhawk football just ended a nine-year (nine-year!) road losing streak, the Kansas City Chiefs are 3-0 behind talk-of-the-NFL phenom Patrick Mahomes II, and today’s headline in the Lawrence Journal-World boasts, “Kansans’ Incomes Booming.” ...

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The final destination

October 15, 2018 By Joe Gulotti

I recently was having a pretty awesome day. The weather was near perfect, my boy was unexpectedly agreeable at aftercare pick-up, and everything seemed copacetic as I went to crack a beer. I was kind of jonesing a heater though, ...

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Clark Talks Turf: Controlling basidiomycete fungi with Pedigree

October 15, 2018 By Clark Throssell, Ph.D.

Brian Aynardi, Ph.D., is a turfgrass pathologist and leads the fungicide development effort at PBI-Gordon as the company’s Northeast research scientist. You may reach Brian at baynardi@pbigordon.com for more information. Q: Provide a brief history of Pedigree and its active ...

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