It's tough to manage cool-season putting greens when ΔGP is less than 0

This episode introduces ΔGP, which is cool-season grass growth potential minus warm-season growth potential. Too many days like that and you won't bother trying to grow cool-season grass anymore. Also, best time of the year to soil sample, a superb podcast from Chris Tritabaugh, and a careful look at the difference between soil organic matter and total organic material. 

These posts were discussed:

• Delta GP and summer of 2022: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/last-summer-at-36-locations/
• Best time to soil sample: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/best-time-of-year-to-soil-sample/
• Tritabaugh, Rossi, and Park Grass: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/distracting-us-from-the-real-challenges/
• All about OM246 testing and the different procedures at the lab: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/all-about-om246/

• See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Find turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• See the PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
• Listen to the ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods podcast at https://atc-doublecut.transistor.fm/
• Listen to the ATC Office Hours podcast at https://atc-office-hours.transistor.fm/

Creators & 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.