Rip Mr. Rose. You were my dad's hero. Fun fact: he bought a Porsche from my grandpa's car lot and as part of the deal he had to visit my parents at their home. My Dad was speechless and Mom wanted a picture, of course. Circa 78 or 79 I think...#hitking

Iykyk!

Agreed. pH should be of low concern. Personally, I like 5.5-8, just so Al toxicity is guaranteed to be avoided, but 5.0 is more than likely, with most species, not to be of concern.

Fun day touring the OSU turfgrass research facilities!

Shocker alert! Good performing turf in DE tends to have lower M3 extractable K concentrations than what is recommended by traditional soil testing labs. Notice the data points are all bunched up at the lower concentrations! #DEMLSN

If you grow grass in DE you should probably come and join us!

Anyone who grew up in the 80's/90's knows how electric and exciting it was before a Tyson fight. If he can still slip punches he should be able to dominate JP.

Is turf Twitter moving to Blue sky or another platform? Twitter has become a cesspool.

For you sod producers out there, please vote! The turfgrass industry may be the only arm of the green industry without a check-off. Millions of dollars will be generated with this check-off to further support the industry for the future. turfgrasssod.org/natural-grass-…

Dan Potter is a "retired" industry legend who was one of my favorite teachers and mentors during my undergrad at UK. He made learning about insects fun! He hasn't lost a beat! Still witty and funny as ever and a pleasure to have him speak in DE.

Preliminary DEMLSN guidelines. Still work to be done, but fun to see what the data is saying!

I cannot think of any other task in turfgrass management that I enjoy more than burning dormant grasses in the spring 🔥

Turf twitter question: how would you officially define the phrase "good performing turf"? I don't like the one I have come up with and there's not one in Beard's encyclopedia.

Something that should be commonplace on a golf course, but isn't? I'll go first. A vegetable garden. Especially if food is served in the clubhouse. A small amount of land can crank out tons of food!

1922. The earliest fear mongering of "locked-up" nutrients I've found. I'm sure there's an earlier mention somewhere.

Anyone having problems accessing the publication Chemical Control of Turfgrass Diseases 2024?