The Grass Gap
By: Carl Schimenti, Urban Environmental Scientist In the past few weeks, I had the pleasure of attending turfgrass field days at both UMass and Rutgers. It was my first time seeing the research underway ...
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Golf turf news
Summer Conversations: POA and Bentgrass Transitions
The summer heat and drought reveal the differences in the growth habits of bentgrass and Poa. It’s the one time of year when even golfers can see the difference between grass varieties on the ...
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Assessing the impact of rising golfer traffic on the performance of putting greens.
As golfer traffic increases, golf course superintendents are paying closer attention to how repeated foot traffic impacts putting green quality. A new study from Cornell Turfgrass researchers, published in the International Turfgrass Society Research ...
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Spring 2021 webinar series starts March 11
The Cornell Turf Show: The Fastest 30 Minutes in Turf Our COVID-19 webinar series last spring was so popular, we’re doing it agaiin this spring: Golf webinars: Thursdays 10 to 10:30 a.m. March 11 to ...
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Webinar: It’s a data-driven world (Flat curves, rolling balls and twisting feet)
Frank Rossi delivers the goods in a webinar for the Australian Sports Turf Managers Association. The turfgrass industry is experiencing a quiet transformation to being data-driven. Growth curves, stimpmeter and moisture meters, playing surface ...
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Cornell University ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 10 – August 3, 2020)
ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 10 – August 3) – Goosegrass and yellow nutsedge control, looming Gray Leaf Spot outbreak and perennial ryegrass and tall fescue management. As always, please don’t hesitate to contact Carl Schimenti (css223@cornell.edu) ...
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Cornell University ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 9 – July 20, 2020)
ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 9 – July 20) – Heat fuels biotic and abiotic stress. As always, please don’t hesitate to contact Carl Schimenti (css223@cornell.edu) if you have questions you would like to see answered in ...
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Cornell University ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 8 – June 29, 2020)
ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 8 – June 29) – Best Management Practices for turf diseases. As always, please don’t hesitate to contact Carl Schimenti (css223@cornell.edu) if you have questions you would like to see answered in ...
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Cornell University ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 7 – June 8, 2020)
ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 7 – June 8) – Seedheads and annual bluegrass weevils. As always, please don’t hesitate to contact Carl Schimenti (css223@cornell.edu) if you have questions you would like to see answered in the ...
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Cornell University ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 6 – May 25, 2020)
ShortCUTT Newsletter (Week 6 – May 25) – Controlling growth rates. As always, please don’t hesitate to contact Carl Schimenti (css223@cornell.edu) if you have questions you would like to see answered in the ShortCUTT ...
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