For insight into plant growth regulator (PGR) application on turfgrass, SportsField Management reached out to some of the leading manufacturers of PGRs for tur...
Stephen Lord, CSFM
This month in “The SportsField Management Interview,” we meet Stephen Lord, CSFM, head groundskeeper, Great American Ball Park (Cincinnat...
By Ben Polimer
In this uncertain world, sports field managers need to be prepared for anything. We try to do this all the time, but now a new concept has co...
Q: A stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic is preventing me from maintaining our school’s athletic fields. I’m an employee of the school system and w...
By John Kmitta
Managing a large K-12 school district – and a high number of athletic fields, facilities and grounds over a wide geographic area – presents p...
Technology is constantly changing, and outdoor power equipment is no different. In recent years, we have seen rapid growth of batter-powered outdoor power equi...
By Michael Wear
As synthetic turf came into the athletic field many sports field managers were wary and thought it would change the industry and they would ...
Q: As part of my IPM program, how do I best determine a threshold for acceptable weed cover on an athletic field?
– John Brant, supervisor of sports a...
By Bruce Suddeth, CSFM
The turfgrass soil system is a highly complex and infinitely changing habitat. Although studies of soil microbiology have been conduc...
