Browntop greens, Poa annua suppression, pH, & OM testing with Grant Saunders
Description
Grant Saunders is the course superintendent at Hamilton Golf Club in New Zealand. He has successfully overseen a green species conversion from Poa annua to browntop bentgrass (Agrostis capillaris). We discussed that, and the role of OM testing, and sand topdressing, and soil pH, and greenkeeping in New Zealand.
Some links include:
https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/accumulation-soil-organic-material/https://hamiltongcmaintenance.blogspot.com/2018/06/poa-vs-browntop.htmlA "Cart Rides with Micah" episode from Hamilton Golf Club https://youtu.be/dWj-MO4UBW4?si=oF-rtC_BWTPEYZmBhttps://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/gp-as-proxy-for-season-length/https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/new-mlsn-cheat-sheet/
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https://gcsaaconference.com/education/session-detail?evt_id=737742c0-bb52-4192-ab34-f06c2413df04&ses_id=d85db2dc-ec5b-48c4-820f-57abce2a5193https://www.btme.org.uk/continue-to-learn.htmlIf you'd like to attend the 15th International Turfgrass Research Conference in Japan, here's a direct link to the conference website: https://itrc2025.turfsociety.com/
You can expect soil organic matter to be 5% nitrogen, and you can expect from 1 to 4% of that organic nitrogen to mineralize in one year. You can also calculate estimated daily mineralization and sum it to get weekly, monthly, and annual totals.
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