My visit to Delaware with Joe Gulotti (The Talking Greenkeeper)

[@jturf]

Joe I miss you buddy! Awesome to see you again.

[@jefmiller9057]

In case I need to get myself out of a situation sometime in the future, what is the ATC Double Cut gang sign?

[@asianturfgrass]

Here you go: kzbin.infoUgkx_N7pFAzo_pbUa4z9jE4VgT6T1j97Ogsg?si=2o3QJEiIXIprEPMq

[@jefmiller9057]

@@asianturfgrass Too funny! Thanks Micah!

[@saltytree729]

Hey Micah why does everyone fertilise greens before maintenance? I’ve always wondered about this and to me it isn’t practical is it? I akin it to, post op medicine that you are prescribed after an operation, you get medicine and are told to rest. Plants are the same no? Let’s say if it’s granular, a large percent of that granular will be lost in aeration and brushing and water down into the root zone, and if it’s foliar the grass will be recovering from abrasion and dry likely not able to utilise the nutrients until its rest phase anyway? Seems like so many wasted man hours. Afterwords is simply so much less time consuming, practical and effective.

[@wayneessar7489]

Afterwords doesn't seem more time consuming as you suggest. Please say more.

[@saltytree729]

@@wayneessar7489 typo I meant less time consuming. But my points still stand, you lose a large % of nutrients in a renovation phase and simply put, if it’s a foliar feed which usually it shouldn’t be during renovations, the plant will struggle to use nutrients during the stress period and won’t be able to use nutrients until the rest phase anyway?

[@wayneessar7489]

@@saltytree729 Thank you for your kind reply.

[@asianturfgrass]

Greens are meant for playing golf, and when there are open holes on greens, that's not ideal for golf play. Thus, it is common to add a small amount of extra fast-release N prior to making holes in the green. The N should be fast release, and it should be applied far enough in advance that it is in the plant, rather than on the leaves or in the soil, at the time of cultivation. The idea with this is to have a plant that is growing fast enough to grow and cover the holes created by cultivation. I hope it's not a slow release granule. I used to use a fast release (soluble) granule 3 to 5 days prior to cultivation. Please note that I no longer recommend this, because I expect that the amount of soil organic material produced by these extra N application exceed the amount of N removed by coring. But the practice of adding extra fertilizer prior to cultivation still exists.

[@saltytree729]

@@asianturfgrass that’s interesting about the last part, just how fast and how much do you believe one extra N application can produce thatch? It seems interesting you believe one application of N prior to cultivating could increase thatch levels by X % because I have friends who still do this practise and it’s interesting to see if they took OM246 tests after their practise is much would change.