Turf reads

My books about greenkeeping, turfgrass science, clipping volume, and MLSN.

Andrew McGuire, an agronomist with Washington State University, wrote that bio-products are “risky because decades of experience and research have found these products fail, or fail inconsistently, or have small benefits that don’t cover their cost.

I was searching the Turfgrass Information File for another topic and came across this article by John Baranski, CGCS, from the proceedings of the 1993 GCSAA Conference and Show in Anaheim.

There are hundreds of posts on the ATC website. Topics range from the 2 green system, aeration, and algae to winter, writing, and zoysia. Some posts get a lot more views than others, and about once a year I update this list of top posts.

I’ve shared the posts from 2023 that got the most views. Then there are these 10 that got the fewest. For reference, the median post in the top 10 got 725 views in 2023.

These posts had the most views in 2023. They are on a nice balance of topics: three about growth rate and N, four about soil OM and surface hardness and topdressing, one about soil pH, and one about soil water content and evapotranspiration.

I’ve enjoyed reading Chris Tritabaugh’s ct_turf newsletter. I recommend subscribing, like I have, to receive each new post by email. Chris is an excellent writer with an apparently unlimited number of good ideas.

I’ve shared the posts from 2022 that got the most views. Then there are these 10 that got the fewest. Part of the reason for few views may be a lack of interest in the topic.

These posts had the most views in 2022. As in past years, technical topics related to turfgrass management dominate this list.1 Four of the top ten posts in 2022 were about soil organic matter or soil organic material; two were about fertilizer or turfgrass nutrition; and two were about irrigation or soil water content.

Chris Tritabaugh has completed his series of blog posts about playability, organic matter management, change, and consistency, with one titled What we do. The series started with Is that disruption?