The Slate of Candidates for the 2014 Board of Directors election has been set by the Nominating Committee. Voting members will be presented with an electronic ballot the week of Nov. 18 with responses due by Dec. 15. Ballots will be mailed to those voting members who do not have an email address. Please click on each candidate's name to read their bio and vision for STMA.
According to a blog posting by Scott Hollister of the GCSAA's Golf Course Management magazine, A.J. Powell, PhD, a pioneering turfgrass researcher from the University of Kentucky and the driving force behind the university's turfgrass program, has died. Here is the post:
Cool-season turfgrass species should be fertilized mainly in the autumn. In addition to a fertilization in September, a fertilization with nitrogen in November will help produce a healthy turf.
The cleated football shoe hit the ground with 237 pounds of force and pivoted abruptly in a counter-clockwise direction, as one might do while running a tight pass route. But there was no human foot in the shoe, just Pennfoot, a device invented by Penn State researchers to measure traction between shoe and surface, to help groundskeepers and sports teams minimize injury.
The USGA's Derf Soller takes a look at the variety and volume of equipment required to maintain a modern 18-hole golf facility. In addition to his review of a variety of mowers, he discusses equipment for topdressing, cultivation, fertilization, pest management, shop units, tools and more.
Annual bluegrass is the single largest weed problem in turf. Like many other US scientists, turfgrass researchers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst have been testing a new herbicide (which has not yet been approved for use in the US) that shows promise in achieving post-emergent control of Poa annua in several cool- and warm-season turfgrasses.
The groundbreaking for the Grass Roots turf exhibit project is scheduled for Friday, November 15 from 10 am. Dr. Frank Rossi from Cornell University will be the featured speaker.
Chesapeake is in the midst of creating a central hub, "Chesapeake Campus" as CEO Aubrey McCLendon refers to it, on the NW corner of Oklahoma City. Centered in the middle is a 75,000-square foot natural grass rooftop athletic field built on top of Chesapeake's new three-level parking garage.
Coaches and groundskeepers looking for a way to add material to the leadoff area at 1st base to bring the area up to grade should follow this advice from Jamie Mehringer.
Mid-September through mid- to late October is easily the best time to control weeds like dandelion, clover, and chickweed with an application of a broadleaf weed herbicide. Why?
