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There will be a football pitch workshop in Bangkok on November 18 and 19. If you are interested in sports turf of any sort, I encourage you to attend. Warren Scott, the senior grounds manager of Liverpool FC, will join us to discuss optimum conditions for every aspect of pitch maintenance, with a goal of both player safety and healthy grass.

One of the things I’ve tried to explain about MLSN is that simply taking a soil test and comparing the result to the MLSN value is not enough. One also needs to consider how much of an element the grass will use.

Slides You can download the slides here: Systematic improvement of golf course conditions, 4.2 MB PDF file Systematic improvement notes With routine measurement of surface conditions, it’s possible to adjust the work in a systematic way to make the conditions better, for more days in the year, than I once thought possible.

The Thailand GCSA’s Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference returned this week. Delegates from all over the world gathered in Pattaya to learn about the latest in turfgrass management—the tools, techniques, and technologies that can be used today.

Photos All the conference photos, taken by Boy Yothin, are available in this Google Drive folder. Slides You can download the slides here. Slides from Micah Woods Strategies to minimize disease with reduced fungicide use, 1.

Slides You can download the slides here: Systematic improvement of golf course conditions, 3.1 MB PDF file 10 things I’ve learned about clipping volume, 2.8 MB PDF file Systematic improvement notes I started off with this as an introduction:

Slides You can download the slides here: Zoysia management and playing performance, 2.7 MB PDF file Turf management in the future is about efficiency, 2.9 MB PDF file Thailand conference in March 2024 The Thai GCSA will host another conference in Pattaya from March 4 to 6, 2024.

If you’ve participated in any of my recent seminars, you may have seen that I’ve included a QR code that takes you to a page where the slides can be downloaded, and where I add some supplemental information or answer questions that came up during the seminar.

Slides You can download the slides here: From Thursday, December 7: The inevitable consequences of regular rootzone measurements, 2.7 MB PDF file From Friday, December 8: Nutrition, growth, and surface performance

Slides You can download the slides here: Modern methods for real world data collection to improve input efficiencies and turf playability, 4.7 MB PDF file Notes During the seminar, I mentioned adjusting N rates by checking the actual clipping volume compared with the desired clipping volume.