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2024 Issues
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (March 20, 2023). New ForeCast Tools
2023 Issues
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (May 1, 2023). Cool and wet, crabgrass, ABW.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (April 24, 2023). Root growth, spring cultivation.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (April 17, 2023). Record warm.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (April 3, 2023). Putting green covers.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (March 29, 2023). Pressing pause.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (March 20, 2023). – Timing key spring practices.
2022 Issues
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (August 15, 2022) – Continued dry weather ramps up summer patch.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (August 1, 2022) – Dry field increase injury risks.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (July 18, 2022) – Heat stress, summer patch, Pythium risks.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (July 11, 2022) – Dry conditions reveal weaknesses.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (July 6, 2022) – Dry down coming.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (June 21, 2022) – Long-term weather, dull blades.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (June 14, 2022) – Expect more “close to normal?”
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (June 7, 2022) – Crabgrass and drought.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (May 31, 2022) – Root growth, crabgrass, record keeping.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (May 25, 2022) – Growth surging, weeds.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (May 17, 2022) – ET, model calibration.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (May 10, 2022) – Accelerating warmth.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (May 2, 2022) – Soils warming, growth surging.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (April 12, 2022) – Warming weather activating shoot growth.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (April 5, 2022) – False spring, holding pattern.
2021 Issue
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 5 – October 27) – Water use survey
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 4 – Aug 17) – Dog days of summer.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 3 – July 7) – Heat, disease, weeds.. oh my!
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 2 – June 22) – The best fungicide is…
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 1 – June 8) – Bumpy Poa?
2020 Issues
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 10 – August 3) – Goosegrass and yellow nutsedge control, looming Gray Leaf Spot outbreak and perennial ryegrass and tall fescue management.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 9 – July 20) – Heat fuels biotic and abiotic stress.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 8 – June 29) – Best Management Practices for turf diseases.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 7 – June 8) – Seedheads and annual bluegrass weevils.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 6 – May 25) – Controlling growth rates.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 5 – May 11) – Crabgrass emergence patterns.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 4 – April 27) – Early-season turf establishment.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 3 – April 13) – Early-season soil physical property management.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 2 – April 6) – Online weed ID tool. Mild winter, cool soils promote healthy rooting.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 1 – March 30) – Growth and uncertainty.
2019 Issues:
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 12 – September 30) – New thinking on late-season fertilization.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 11 – September 2) – Managing turf during shift to fall weather. Controlling ‘seed rain’ from crabgrass to reduce future infestations.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 10 – August 12) – High foliar disease pressure (grey leaf spot), summer problems using synthetic turf.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 9 – July 29) – More stress, crabgrass, modern turfgrass varieties, root pathogens.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 8 – July 1) – Heat stress and red thread.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 7 – June 17) -Yellow nutsedge control. Using predictive models like Forecast to guide management.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 6 – June 10) – How cloudy, wet weather affects turf. Summer patch. How not to apply fertilizer.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 5 – May 27) – Manage clippings from excessive topgrowth.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 4 – May 13) – Managing annual bluegrass.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 3 – April 27) – Primer on crabgrass emergence and growth habits.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 2 – April 15) – Microdochium patch, dandelions and the need to justify pesticide applications in the face of increasing public scrutiny.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 1 – April 8) – Track soil temperature to time turf management tasks.
2018 Issues:
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 19 – October 1) – Time to think rehab, insect issues with Kyle Wickings.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 18 – September 3) – Historic summer weather, managing athletic field traffic.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 17 – August 13) – Aggressive crabgrass, Round-up in the news.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 16 – August 6) – Abiotic stress and data driven sports turf management.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 15 – July 30) – Chinch bugs, cytokinins, join us for our next Walk and Talk hosted by WNYGCSA in Fall.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 14 – July 23) – Excess moisture fueling stress, hindering recovery. Water deep to enhance fertilizer effectiveness and seed germination.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 13 – July 9) – Mower set up to reduce turf stress. Clover, grubs and pollinators.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 12 – July 2) – How soil moisture and soil temperature are related, the value of air movement when heat stress is high.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 11 – June 25) – Pest update. Why “pursuit of green” in lawn care can do more harm than good.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 10 – June 18) – Little rain, high evapotranspiration fueling dramatic shift to dry conditions. Summer sports field management. Affordable equipment wash-pads.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 9 – June 11) – ABW stage updates, traffic and event management on athletic fields, nutsedge emergence, and tick education resources.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 8 – June 4) – We are now ahead of 30-yr averages in terms of growing degree days. Recent growth surges make it key to follow urban landscape BMPs. Dr. Rossi also discusses proper treatment of root borne pathogens.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 7 – May 29) – Warm and wet conditions have spurred turfgrass growth the last week in the Northeast. Dr. Rossi discusses how to handle this growth using science-based recommendations. In addition, he addresses the public’s concern relating to fertilizer use on turfgrass.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 6 – May 23) – With crabgrass emerging across the northeast, it’s important to know about its life cycle before treatment. Dr. Rossi discusses the window for crabgrass emergence and methods of control.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 5 – May 14) – A review of data-driven models and nitrogen sources.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 4 – May 7) – The compressed spring is starting to pose challenges, and latest reports from plant diagnostic labs.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 3 – April 30) – Dr. Rossi talks management of early season pests, and handling excessive athletic field traffic given the compressed Spring season in NY.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 2 – April 24, 2018) – Dr. Rossi discusses methods of “jump-starting” the system without the use of fertilizer, and has a conversation with Jim Skorulski on observed winter injury in the Northeast.
- ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 1 – April 16, 2018) – Weather effects on disease pressure, annual bluegrass seedhead suppression, pre-emergence herbicide application timing and some thoughts from Soil Insect Ecologist, Professor Kyle Wickings on early-season insect populations.