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A turf paradox: better turf in soils with lower nutrient content
Manage episode 433186367 series 3012617
You can sometimes, perhaps more often than you would think, find soil under good turf to have lower nutrient content than does soil under poor quality turf. In this episode, I explain why that is, what the implications of this phenomenon are, and what you can do about it.
- This blog post has all the details on the turf (and soil) paradox: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turf-paradox/
- Henry Qu and I discussed learning, Bayesian analysis, and more in this engaging conversation: https://youtu.be/o4Y4xJt0stU?si=2jQevp6CqKPWR1gi
- 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/paceturf
- ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter
- Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
178 episodes
Manage episode 433186367 series 3012617
You can sometimes, perhaps more often than you would think, find soil under good turf to have lower nutrient content than does soil under poor quality turf. In this episode, I explain why that is, what the implications of this phenomenon are, and what you can do about it.
- This blog post has all the details on the turf (and soil) paradox: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turf-paradox/
- Henry Qu and I discussed learning, Bayesian analysis, and more in this engaging conversation: https://youtu.be/o4Y4xJt0stU?si=2jQevp6CqKPWR1gi
- 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/paceturf
- ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter
- Turf Without Borders show page: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/
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1 Reflections on a July with record heat and drought 31:26

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1 Cool-season turfgrass growth potential in Augusta in April and in November 21:48

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1 Five things to know about soil pH, and how to get the best fertilizer recommendations 39:43

1 Soil test calibration and interpretation for turfgrass with Beth Guertal 1:10:54

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1 The temperature-based turfgrass growth potential (GP) in words — not numbers 39:06

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1 Turfgrass Twitter in 2022 with Paul Hurst 1:04:19

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1 How much N is in two tenths of a pound? A lot, or a little? 28:21

1 Fourteen of my favorite turf photos from 2022 39:24

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1 Frank Rossi and I discuss what I've called my "least favorite experiment ever" 44:48

1 Andrew Thomson on remote courses in Japan, hickory golf, links turf, and "champagne golf" 59:31

1 Dollar spot and a predictive model, fertilizer recommendation survey, and light that's "missing" 43:14

1 Achieving the desired turf surfaces by thinking backwards (or why reactivity can beat proactivity) 33:26




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1 Elemental nutrient ratios as fertilizer recommendations, and a trip to see zoysia greens in the USA 54:07

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1 Grass can grow too slow, plus Tom Cook's lawn and 2 tournaments in Spain 24:36

1 Soil organic matter accumulates more rapidly in young greens with lower OM content to begin with 26:35

1 What if the soil organic matter was never there to begin with? 14:24

1 MLSN & "deficiencies", tissue test manifesto, & Ireland conference presentations 29:08

1 The Tale of Two Tests (for soil organic matter) 29:48

1 A crash course in #OM246 and burn temperature 18:13

1 What's normal for OM2? (the total organic material at the surface of a putting green) 25:39

1 Bentgrass greens: average fertilizer supply vs. nutrient use 28:04

1 What's the deal with the variance parameter in the growth potential equation? 25:10

1 Using temperature-based growth potential (GP) to evaluate and compare season length 19:37

1 Soil sampling procedures for turfgrass: discussion & survey results 37:14

1 Two similar approaches to turfgrass nutrition with one notable difference 33:01

1 Five comments (and my replies) about the OM246 Office Hours 29:00

1 The remarkable effect of [just enough] traffic on an unmown lawn 11:14

1 Turf Twitter analysis, irrigation frequency and amount, & ATC content survey results 49:36

1 The top 10 posts of 2021 plus the non-comprehensive awesome list 28:03

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1 A potassium reserve in the soil: non-exchangeable and mineral K 14:30

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1 Inertia as the force of inactivity, and a story about frost delays 14:31

1 How much carbon and humus are in the soil under turfgrass? 12:35

1 Five years of sand topdressing adds up to less than I used to recommend in one year 10:17

1 More potassium than grass can use or the soil can hold has an inevitable result 7:52

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