Botanical walks, ecoregions, and MLSN for lawns with Maggie Reiter
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Maggie Reiter joined me to reminisce about the grasses one can find at the back of the 7th green at Pebble Beach Golf Links, to consider soil test results for lawns, what the biggest problems are on lawns and whether solutions exists, and much more. Maggie is a Data Scientist at Sunday, https://www.getsunday.com/The blog post with the photo of grasses at Pebble Beach is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/flights-turf-photos/We discussed EPA ecoregion maps, which you can read more about at https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregions and can see the especially detailed ones at https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/level-iii-and-iv-ecoregions-continental-united-statesThe original MLSN guidelines, first presented at the Bouyoucos Conference in 2012, are available at: https://www.paceturf.org/PTRI/Documents/201408_stowell_woods_mlsn.pdfMLSN calculations for micronutrients are here: https://www.paceturf.org/memberedition/mlsn-for-micronutrientsThe Carrow et al. article from 2004 on SLAN ranges is available at https://www.files.asianturfgrass.com/clarify3.pdfSoil test lab tour at Brookside Labs: https://youtu.be/PyL2bfdiBdE Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/Get ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/Turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturfATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenterListen to the ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods podcast at https://doublecut.asianturfgrass.com/Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://office-hours.asianturfgrass.com/
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