Why you should know standard sand amounts but not necessarily copy them, with Brian Whitlark
About this episode
Brian Whitlark discusses the importance of understanding sand amounts for topdressing putting greens.
Brian Whitlark joined me to talk about sand topdressing of putting greens and especially about sand amounts. The blog post we discussed is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/standard-sand-amounts/ Listen to Brian's recent appearance on the Frankly Speaking podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/lt/podcast/firm-fast-desert-with-brian-whitlark/id1793571091?i=1000743219832 OM246 calculator web app with sand quantity conversion calculator: https://asianturfgrass.shinyapps.io/om246/ How to measure topdressing rates: https://youtu.be/6LurONpyg5M?si=LW4IPwzzXbVAOn-m Managing salinity in putting greens article by Brian: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/green-section-record/64/issue-08/managing-salinity-in-putting-greens.html Terminology of turfgrass organic matter: https://youtu.be/tMfby5xR2IM?si=8aOQ-Ju6A_cLib8M Whitlark and Thompson article from 2019 on topdressing: http://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/ticpdf.py?file=/article/whitlark-thompson-light-5-3-19.pdf Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/ Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/ Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/…
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