Topdressing, mowing height, and education points with Andrew McDaniel

[@MikaelMoisio]

Nice recap 👍

[@saltytree729]

Hi Micah I love this philosophy but I don’t think it’s a one trick pony. I’m on 137 year old native soil greens heavy clay silt loam, I think this is a bad idea to recommend a green which moderate CEC and low infil rates to not apply sand like the text books tell you. Most texts books are catered to these kind of greens. For instance, 100 tonne of pure sand in my green at 4 inch depth doesn’t even make a dent in the soil profile. Still shitty at draining, still shitty EC and moderate CEC rates due to how wet they are in the winter and how much they leach due to my location / rainfall. I’m also in a low level designated flood risk area. With respect I’m trying to grow grass on a field, a Poa field in fact, so I think greens like mine need 100-150 tonne just as a minimum per year. Huge accumulation rates whether we manage growth or not with N I’m only using 10gsm of N For instance which is nothing really, and I get tonnes of thatch, if I don’t my grass is week and gets loads of disease and then we rain for 6 month 🙈 But if you can help me learn please do open to suggestions I hate it atm at this time of year 🤣

[@asianturfgrass]

Silt loam is different than sand. But measuring the playing conditions provides information on the work that should be done.