The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

I talk about two research projects in which one would have every expectation that the grass would respond to K fertilizer, but did not. What happened? The grass was able to get all the K it needed from the release of mineral and non-exchangeable K in the sands. This has obvious implications for soil test interpretation and K fertilizer recommendations.

Show Notes

I talked about this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/potassium-reserve-in-the-soil/

The Dest and Guillard article about the bentgrass grown in eight different sands is available at https://opencommons.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=plsc_articles

Bier et al. on the six year study with more Microdochium where K was applied, and no response to added K, is at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3765-8

Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/
See GCSAA Conference seminars at https://gcsaaconference.com/

Creators and Guests

Host
Micah Woods
I'm chief scientist at the Asian Turfgrass Center and director of the @paceturf information service. Some current projects include #OM246, #ClipVol, and #MLSN.

What is The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods?

I discuss ATC blog posts, with supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Thus, a doublecut of these topics. This covers grass selection, playability, and all the work done to create a certain type of turfgrass surface.