The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

Watch this episode at https://youtu.be/la1ulEIgVT0 Jason Haines is the golf course superintendent at Sunshine Coast Golf and CC in British Columbia, Canada. We discussed this post from the ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/clipping-volume-growth-ratio/ Jason's blog: https://fusariummy.blogspot.com/ The turfgrass speedo (or growth ratio): https://fusariummy.blogspot.com/2018/12/turfg...

I discussed this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/reminder-to-air-dry-soil-samples/ Subscribe to the ATC soil testing newsletter at https://subscribepage.com/soil See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.o...

Bjarni joined me to discuss this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turfgrass-notes-iceland/ See a photo gallery of turfgrass on golf courses in Iceland at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turfgrass-in-iceland/ Follow Bjarni on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BHannesson Find out more about the WinterTurf project at https://winterturf.umn.edu/ Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu...

Joe Gulotti joined me to discuss this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turf-consistency-color/ Find Joe's "The Talking Greenkeeper" podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-talking-greenkeeper/id1435947281 Follow Joe on Twitter at https://twitter.com/hardg43 Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/_ZXMdffdBaI Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://w...

Mowing patterns in tea fields: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/stripes-after-mowing-not-just-grass/ 18 videos from a 2 week turfgrass tour in Japan: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/two-week-turfgrass-tour-in-japan/ WinterTurf project and duration of snow cover in Hokkaido: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/duration-of-snow-cover-in-hokkaido/ Watch this episode at: https://youtu.be/VPn2fb...

This episode discusses these four posts: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/normal-manganese-levels-in-soil-and-turfgrass-leaf-tissue/ https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/atc-doublecut-listeners-by-country/ https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/highlights-from-my-new-zealand-textbooks-and-mlsn-presentations/ https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/do-more-people-watch-or-listen-to-atc-doublecut/ Read m...

I discussed recent research on drought performance of warm-season grasses: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/drought-performance-of-warm-season-turfgrasses/ The KBC television highlights video showing golf shots and ball reaction is at  https://youtu.be/GU6P0vufFNc The Asian Turfgrass Center YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter Read more about all kinds of turfgrass to...

We discussed this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/a-common-misapprehension-about-seashore-paspalum/ Find Jon on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DirtyBulk Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/ See the PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf...

Watch the 2022 KBC Augusta Tournament at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SC9_M_E8DM I discussed this post about zoysia and bermudagrass green speed: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/zoysia-and-bermudagrass-green-speed-with-identical-maintenance/   Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/   Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://w...

I talked about these posts. More than average tournament: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/why-kbc-is-so-interesting/   Round numbers and closed days for maintenance: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/golf-rounds-and-days-open/ Sodium potassium ratios: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/sodium-and-potassium-as-percentages-or-concentrations/ Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at ht...

Joe Gulotti joined me to discuss the posts on my blog that no one read. In this episode, we discussed grass on tram lines in Kumamoto City. Here's the post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/kumamoto-city-tram-grass/ Joe is host of the Talking Greenkeeper podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-talking-greenkeeper/id1435947281 We discussed his fine episode with Michael Kantor, lightwe...

Paul and I discussed a number of locations around Asia including Da Nang, Thailand, Hokkaido, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and the Philippines, for their relative merits as golfing destinations.  We discussed this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/the-best-golfing-destination-in-asia/ Follow Paul on Twitter at https://twitter.com/pauljansengolf   Jansen Golf Design website at https://jan...

John's Turfgrass Management book is available at https://turfpath.com/ Turfgrass information and decision support tools at PACE Turf: https://www.paceturf.org/ PACE Turf's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf ATC's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AsianTurfgrassCenter We discussed my acquisition and this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/more-about-the-pace...

My blog post about the experiment: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/least-enjoyable-experiment-ever/   Frank's Green Section Record article about the experiment, "In Search of the Silver Bullet" https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2004/040916.pdf   Frank's GCM magazine article about the experiment, "Effects of microbial and organic products on putting green performance" http://files.asiantu...

I spoke with Andrew Thomson about golf at remote courses in Japan, playing links golf courses with old golf clubs, hickory golf, and target golf created by mowing patterns. Read more about these courses at: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/botanizing-nippon-treasure-links/   Andrew's book "Bridge to the Gods: Tales from Kyushu" is available from Ryan Publishing ( http://www.ryanpub.com.au/bridg...

This episode discusses dollar spot and the Smith-Kerns model, making fertilizer recommendations as a ratio, and ranking locations for warm-season grasses based on light restriction caused by cloud cover.  https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/checking-dollar-spot-with-model-probability/   https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/survey-results-preferences-fertilizer-ratio-or-percentage/   https://www.asi...

I discussed an approach to turfgrass management that involves considering the current turfgrass conditions and then deciding what to do.  Read about a backwards approach to greenkeeping: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/working-backwards-in-turfgrass-maintenance/   Reactive vs. proactive greenkeeping: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/is-reactive-better-than-proactive/  Watch this episode at:...

Chris Chase and I discussed zoysiagrass on putting greens and why one would use it. The post we talked about is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/zoysia-on-putting-greens-why/   Other related videos include:  Zoysia greens? How good can they be? https://youtu.be/YajsiwdGkcI The distinctive ball roll on zoysia (korai) greens: https://youtu.be/0yiM7Ti08do   Ball reaction (bounce and roll) on korai...

This episode discusses two posts. One is about Zoysia seedheads and the interesting and troublesome phenomenon of seedhead production for more than half the year: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/a-hypothesis-about-fecundity-of-zoysia/ The second post is about pitch marks on greens and about the one sure way I know of to reduce their size and severity---firmer green surfaces: https://www.asiant...

The post we discussed is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/of-trees-turf-and-tournament-golf/ , which considers which grasses work well in conditions of cloudy weather combined with tree shade. In particular, we discuss manilagrass ( Zoysia matrella ) and tropical carpetgrass ( Axonopus compressus ). I also mentioned Tyler Carr's zoysia grow-in experiments at the University of Tennessee, which c...

The post discussed is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/soil-water-management-3-problems-with-solutions/ . You'll find examples and links to additional reference material about these problems there. Watch this episode at https://youtu.be/WcMfNj16Q70 Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletter...

The topic for this episode was fertilizer, and Andrew McDaniel joined me to discuss this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/how-to-spend-5000-tournament-green-fertilizer/ Saving 82% on fertilizer cost and "the grass has never been healthier": https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/saving-82-percent-gsr/ atc-turf Discord invite: https://discord.gg/K8tWApB5ME Watch this episode at https://youtu....

The post discussed in this episode is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/surface-hardness-correlations/ . I planned to discuss this one also but decided to hold that discussion for another episode: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/density-plots-clegg-putting-greens/ . I was joined by Andrew McDaniel ( https://twitter.com/drumcturf ) for this discussion. I also mentioned the chart from Steve Is...

Joe joined me to talk about one of the least read blog posts of 2018. This one, about soil microbes being in an environment with ample carbon, but being limited by nitrogen: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/microbes-live-carbon-rich-nitrogen-poor-world/   We also discussed this post, "How much carbon and humus are in the soil?" https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/how-much-carbon-and-humus-are-i...

I find it really useful to consider nutrient applications as ratios rather than as quantities. Read more in this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/how-i-recommend-fertilizer-ratios/ I was a guest on the Pullin' Weeds podcast. See my birdie dance and a link to that episode: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/talking-turf-on-pullin-weeds/ Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/_U...