Maintenance

Wildflower meadows for the busy superintendent

August 27, 2018 By Hannah Schrum

As seasoned veterans of the turf industry, superintendents rightly pride themselves on pulling off one of the most deceptively simple yet challenging feats of agriculture: cultivating acres of pristine turf. Then, just when you think you have a grasp on ...

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Golf cart stuck on top of dirt mound Photos courtesy of: Stock.com/GregC (1); Matt Cavanaugh

On a road to nowhere

July 18, 2018 By Matt Cavanaugh

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 about bees. It all happened in 2003. I entered the ...

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Controlling ultradwarf bermudagrass diseases

July 13, 2018 By Ed Hiscock

Turfgrass diseases, including diseases of the newer ultradwarf bermudagrass varieties, need four conditions for development: a susceptible host (the turf), a pathogen, a conducive environment and time. Golf course superintendents have plenty of these four factors. What they don’t always ...

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Pressure washing away algae

July 2, 2018 By Kelly Limpert

It’s a safe bet that many superintendents would not feel comfortable using a high-pressure hose to clean away build-up on their greens. But when an uncharacteristic winter blasted the Southeast, the team at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club turned to ...

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Scouting for success

June 25, 2018 By Seth Jones

Scottie Hines was meant to be on a golf course. Fate wouldn’t have it any other way. Hines got his start in golf replacing divots and raking bunkers for his father, grandpa and uncles starting at age 5. A few ...

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The future of resistance management

June 22, 2018 By Chris Lewis

Resistance management, arguably, has never been a more important issue for superintendents in every region of the United States. After all, fewer and fewer new fungicide chemistries are now being produced for the turfgrass market, and this trend is expected ...

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