Warning tracks: material selection, construction and maintenance April 7, 2015By Paul Schinner We’ve all heard the story: a warning track on a baseball field is designed to...
Controlling Poa annua in sports turf March 31, 2015By Dr. Nick Christians Much of my career has been spent on trying to kill annual bluegrass, better...
Advice on building and maintaining pitching mounds March 24, 2015We asked several MLB and MiLB groundskeepers for their thoughts on building and maintaining baseball pitching mounds. Here...
All you need to know about fairy ring March 17, 2015By Dr. Mike Fidanza My earliest memories from childhood are working with my father on his mushroom farm...
Managing and repairing lips on baseball and softball fields March 10, 2015By Keith Winter When it comes to the lips, or transition zones between turf and dirt on baseball...
Topdressing sports fields March 3, 2015By Dr. Andrew McNitt There seems to be some confusion in the industry regarding the proper topdressing practices...
Soccer field partnership pays off February 26, 2015No surprise: Soccer is the most popular youth sport in the US, attracting more participants than all other...
Challenges for crabgrass and other annual grassy weed control: the preemergence/herbicide dilemma February 24, 2015By Dr. John R. Street, Pamela J. Sherratt, and Dr. David S. Gardner The basic concept of weed...
Meet the new STMA President, Allen Johnson, CSFM, Green Bay Packers February 17, 2015By Lynn Grooms Within a few hours of seeing Allen Johnson literally run between jobs, Steve Hutchison knew...
Creating facility partnerships: reduce costs & maximize resource availability February 10, 2015By Brandon Putman, CSFM Many times in the turfgrass management profession, we are asked to hold more games...