Why I recommend annual soil testing for professionally managed turfgrass grown in sand rootzones

One of ATC's soil testing clients had soil pH drop from 6 to 4.8 on tee surfaces from 2019 to 2022, with no soil testing in the three years between. For sand rootzones, I prefer annual testing because it allows one to catch these changes and adjust before things change too much.

Show Notes

I discussed these blog posts.

• low pH and annual testing: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/one-reason-why-i-recommend-annual-soil-testing-of-sand-rootzones/
• Large scale fertilizer recommendation effects: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/p-fertilizer-recommendations-as-a-2x-to-18x-multiple-of-mlsn/
• Portugal seminars: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/five-short-seminars-on-exiciting-topics/
• Spain seminars: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/turfgrass-on-a-spanish-tour/
• Watch this episode at: https://youtu.be/WFj2gc4bhtk

• 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
• See the ATC newsletters at https://subscribepage.com/atc_newsletters
• 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/

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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.