View all Spring 2021 webinars and more on Cornell Turgrass YouTube playlist.
Or use week-by-week webinar archive below.
Audio-only podcast versions are also available: Apple Podcasts (iTunes)
Week 11
- May 20 (Golf): Roch Gaussoin, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, spring aeration.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - May 21 (Sports turf): Chase Straw, Texas A&M, field firmness variability and athlete performance.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 11:
- NRCC website
- Chemical Control of Turfgrass Diseases
- Wisconsin Turf Pest website
- USGA video about how to accurately measure topdressing rates on greens
Week 10
- May 13 (Golf): Ben McGraw, Penn State University, annual bluegrass weevil emergence patterns, resistance and control options.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - May 14 (Lawn): Grady Miller, North Carolina State University, rotary mower performance.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 10:
- Chris Tritabaugh article on how he has used the stimpmeter
- Our article on clipping volume in the GCSANY newsletter
- Ben McGraw’s twitter account to stay up to date with him
Week 9
- May 6 (Golf): Jim Brosnan, University of Tennessee: Is Poa annua really an annual? Implications for Poa management.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - May 7 (Sports turf): Andy McNitt, Penn State: Priorities for high schools, synthetic turf considerations.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 9:
- STMA BMPs for athletic field management
- Penn State Synthetic turf research
- History of Synthetic turf management
Week 8
- April 29 (Golf): Olga Kostromytska, University of Massachusetts, ABW movement and management and Joe Lucas, Saratoga National Golf Club, Rounds for Research initiative that drives funding of practical golf turf research.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - April 30 (Lawn): Shawn Kister, Director of Grounds, Longwood Gardens, use of data and communication to produce sustainable and functional landscapes.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 8:
- ABW management courtesy of NYS BMP website
- UMASS turf website
- Rounds for Research
- National Phenology Network
- Clean Water Guidelines for Fertilization of Urban Turf
Week 7
- April 22 (Golf): Leah Brilman, DLF Pickseed, discusses improvements in spring bentgrass growth and traffic tolerance achieved by breeders.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - April 23 (Sports turf): Cancelled
Links from Week 7:
Week 6
- April 15 (Golf): Shawn Askew, Virginia Tech on Poa seedhead control and resulting plant health benefits and greens smoothness.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - April 16 (Lawn): Matt Elmore, Rutgers University on optimal weed control strategies for crabgrass, goosegrass, false green kyllinga, and more.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 6:
- Turfnet Podcast with Dr. Askew and Frank Rossi discussing all things Poa
- Cornell Turf Species and Variety Guidelines
Week 5
- April 8 (Golf): Doug Soldat, University of Wisconsin Madison, on how traffic, fertilizer source and environmental conditions affect turfgrass growth.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - April 9 (Sports turf): Evan Mascitti, PhD candidate at Penn State University, on the key components for a consistent and safe baseball infield.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 5:
- NOAA 8-14 day outlook
- UWisconsin Clipping Tracker
- MSU GDD Tracker
- NRCC Turf website
- Sports Field Management article from Evan
Week 4
- April 1 (Golf): John Inguagiato, University of Connecticut on early-season root pathogens and tactics for control.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - April 2 (Lawn): Dan Schied, Cornell University, sustainable grounds management on campus.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 4:
- Cornell/RIT golf course sustainability project
- Rodney Smith’s Twitter
- National Association of Landscape Professionals
- National Phenology Network
- Univerity of Minnesota: Flowering Bee Lawns
Week 3:
- March 25 (Golf): Bill Kreuser, Assistant Professor and Extension Turfgrass Specialist at University of Nebraska Lincoln on early-season growth.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast - March 26 (Sports Turf): Brian Winka, Agronomist for Missouri Sports Turf Consulting on infield skins and bluemuda.
View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 3:
- Turfgrass Forecast at the Northeast Regional Climate Center
- Alternative to Glyphosate
- Bluemuda for beginners
- MSU GDD Tracker
- Greenkeeper App
Week 2:
- March 18 (Golf): Rich Buckley, Director of the Plant Diagnostic lab at Rutgers, on early spring disease pressure and which diseases require a preventative program and which do not. View webinar video | Audio only podcast
- March 19 (Lawn): Rich Buckley, Director of the Plant Diagnostic lab at Rutgers, stops by again to report on early spring disease pressure and which diseases require a preventative program and which do not. View webinar video | Audio only podcast
Links from Week 2:
- Phenology Network
- Turfgrass Forecast at the Northeast Regional Climate Center
- Cornell Turfgrass Species and Variety Guide
- GDD Tracker from MSU
Week 1:
- March 11 (Golf): Art Degaetano, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, recaps winter weather and offers prognostications for the future, plus turf news and updates from Frank Rossi and Carl Schimenti. View webinar video | Audio only podcast
- March 12 (Sports Turf): Chris Stiko, Research and Environmental Assets manager at The Vineyard Golf Club, on measurement of sports field safety, and how early season field use should be carefully thought out to protect athletes. View webinar video | Audio only podcast