Research

A day with club managers: Committees managing golf courses

June 23, 2014 By
Guess who isn’t a big fan of committees to manage a golf club? Club managers. Or at least, the 40-plus club managers I had the pleasure of spending a couple of days with at a golf community in West Palm ...

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Grigg Brothers to launch plant nutrition products in Australia

June 9, 2014 By
Grigg Brothers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brandt Consolidated, Inc., is set to launch its plant nutrition products in Australia through Globe Australia, a division of Amgrow Group, this summer. More than ten products are included in the launch, including ...

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Hawaiian Turfgrass licenses SeaStar Paspalum

June 2, 2014 By
Hawaiian Turfgrass, O’ahu’s premier producer of certified, low water-use turf, licensed SeaStar Paspalum, a grass especially suited for the Hawaiian climate. SeaStar is used for golf courses, sports turf and home lawns. The grass was developed by the world’s leading ...

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Take it to the bank: Weed seed, that is

May 21, 2014 By
If we could take weeds to the bank, we’d all be millionaires. Because an important component of managing weeds is preventing the seeds released by weeds each autumn from becoming new plants, researchers set up what might be termed weed ...

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Turf Toughie: White grub control

May 21, 2014 By
Rick Brandenberg, professor of entomology, can almost guarantee that his students at North Carolina State University will screw up this simple pest control question. Will you? Your course has a white grub problem, he states. You know you have to ...

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Where to place moisture sensors

May 21, 2014 By
Right now, extension specialists like Dr. Kevin Frank at Michigan State University recommend irrigation sensors as a good way to ride herd on the amount of water required for a green or fairway. However, Frank cautions that – even just ...

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