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November 16, 2024 at 7:07 AM
For all my new followers, an announcement, or reminder, that you can also get free newsletters from ATC. #TurfReads www.subscribepage.com/atc_newslett...
New ATC blog post about bio-products, sharing the classification by @agronomistag.bsky.social and the questions that one can ask when evaluating such products. #TurfReads
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Biofertilizers, soil conditioners, and biostimulants | Asian Turfgrass Center
Andrew McGuire, an agronomist with Washington State University, wrote that bio-products are “risky because decades of experience and research have found these products fail, or fail inconsistently, or...
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November 20, 2024 at 4:08 AM
New ATC blog post about bio-products, sharing the classification by @agronomistag.bsky.social and the questions that one can ask when evaluating such products. #TurfReads
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Someone asked me if the books in my home office are real. Yes. These ones were on my desk at the end of today. #TurfReads
October 31, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Someone asked me if the books in my home office are real. Yes. These ones were on my desk at the end of today. #TurfReads
These ten posts from 2024 on the ATC website had the most views. Each of these is from the first half of the year. #TurfReads #TurfGvX
The top 10 posts of 2024 | Asian Turfgrass Center
These posts had the most views in 2024 They are on a nice balance of topics: temperature, sand topdressing, bentgrass and Poa annua and zoysiagrass and bermudagrass, playability, and the TurfGvX.
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January 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
These ten posts from 2024 on the ATC website had the most views. Each of these is from the first half of the year. #TurfReads #TurfGvX
Here's my occasional reminder of ATC's free email newsletters, where you can get turf information updates on topics and at frequencies of your choice. #TurfReads
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February 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Here's my occasional reminder of ATC's free email newsletters, where you can get turf information updates on topics and at frequencies of your choice. #TurfReads
Two articles in Greenkeeper International about #ClipVol and what you can do with it. #TurfReads www.asianturfgrass.com/post/mind-bl...
"Mind-blowing results" | Asian Turfgrass Center
I was pleasantly surprised a few months ago when I returned home from a long trip, had some Greenkeeper International magazines waiting for me, and flipping through them found discussion of clipping…
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March 30, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Two articles in Greenkeeper International about #ClipVol and what you can do with it. #TurfReads www.asianturfgrass.com/post/mind-bl...
On my personal site, these are the books I read in 2025. #TurfReads
Books I read in 2025 | Micah Woods: the official site
These are the books I read in 2025. I’ve included a few notes. Camino Ghosts, by John Grisham. Every time I read a Grisham book I’m reminded of what a page-turner A Time to Kill was, and of the many…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
On my personal site, these are the books I read in 2025. #TurfReads
This question comes up every now and then. I recommend 10 cm (4 inches) unless you have a really good reason for a different depth. Also, turf is a no-till system, and I recommend some additional tests because of this to check gradients. #TurfReads
Recommended soil sampling depth for turfgrass | Asian Turfgrass Center
I’ve been recommending a sampling depth of 10 cm (4 inches) for as long as I can remember. This is for soil nutrient analysis samples collected from turfgrass sites. Sometimes I hear recommendations…
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August 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This question comes up every now and then. I recommend 10 cm (4 inches) unless you have a really good reason for a different depth. Also, turf is a no-till system, and I recommend some additional tests because of this to check gradients. #TurfReads
Of the 61 new ATC blog posts in 2024, these 10 had the fewest views. I give them another chance here. Two in particular, one about soil test P and another about DLI in winter, are worth a look. #TurfReads
Ten posts no one read in 2024 | Asian Turfgrass Center
I’ve shared the posts from 2024 that got the most views. Then there are these 10 that got the fewest. For reference, the median post in the top 10 got 754 views in 2024.
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February 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Of the 61 new ATC blog posts in 2024, these 10 had the fewest views. I give them another chance here. Two in particular, one about soil test P and another about DLI in winter, are worth a look. #TurfReads
I wrote a new article with a brand new explanation of the ever popular #MLSN. #TurfReads
Soil testing and MLSN | Asian Turfgrass Center
I wrote “Soil Testing and MLSN: smarter goals, better results” for GreenMaster magazine. Read the article in the CGSA’s GreenMaster—Soil Testing and MLSN Here are a couple quotes from the article.
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March 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I wrote a new article with a brand new explanation of the ever popular #MLSN. #TurfReads
At the end of every year I like to look at what people read and what they didn't. This is the *didn't* list, and I share it here in case you missed one of these the first time. #TurfReads
Ten posts no one read in 2025 | Asian Turfgrass Center
I’ve shared the posts from 2025 that got the most views, and Joe Gulotti and I talked about these in a holiday extravaganza. Then there are these 10 that got the fewest.
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February 11, 2026 at 11:10 PM
At the end of every year I like to look at what people read and what they didn't. This is the *didn't* list, and I share it here in case you missed one of these the first time. #TurfReads
Here's the top 10 posts from the ATC blog in 2025. #TurfReads
The top 10 posts of 2025 | Asian Turfgrass Center
These posts had the most views in 2025. They are on a nice balance of topics: fertilizer, clipping volume, the Turf GvX, playability, tournament conditions, sands, and water. Here they are.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Here's the top 10 posts from the ATC blog in 2025. #TurfReads
New on the ATC website, I share a 2018 article I wrote for Greenkeeper International about #MLSN, Jim Arthur, soil testing, and precision fertilization. #TurfReads
Jim Arthur, MLSN, and precision fertilization | Asian Turfgrass Center
This article about MLSN was published in Greenkeeper International in 2018. I suppose it’s one many of you have never seen. My title for this was “Making Sense of Turf Nutrition with MLSN”, although…
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October 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New on the ATC website, I share a 2018 article I wrote for Greenkeeper International about #MLSN, Jim Arthur, soil testing, and precision fertilization. #TurfReads
Check this article out for the pretty photo of with deer. Then read it for practical advice from Martin Nilsson about managing a golf course with no pesticides. #TurfReads
Article about pesticide-free management | Asian Turfgrass Center
There’s an article I enjoyed reading in the September 2025 issue of Greenkeeper International. It addresses a topic I’ve also shared a bit about recently. Pesticide-free golf course management by…
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September 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Check this article out for the pretty photo of with deer. Then read it for practical advice from Martin Nilsson about managing a golf course with no pesticides. #TurfReads
Here is a link to the article we were discussing. #TurfReads doi.org/10.1128/aem....
Fungicide use intensity influences the soil microbiome and links to fungal disease suppressiveness in amenity turfgrass | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Given the current reliance on fungicides for plant disease control, this research
provides new insights into the potential non-target effects of repeated fungicide
usage on disease-suppressive soils. ...
doi.org
July 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Here is a link to the article we were discussing. #TurfReads doi.org/10.1128/aem....
For all my new followers here (okay, haven't been a lot recently 😉 ), a reminder that you can get info of various sorts by newsletter. #TurfReads
ATC newsletters | Asian Turfgrass Center
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June 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
For all my new followers here (okay, haven't been a lot recently 😉 ), a reminder that you can get info of various sorts by newsletter. #TurfReads
Just updated the "top posts" section of the ATC website. These are the 12 posts with the most pageviews in the past 24 months. #TurfReads
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ATC was founded by Dr. Micah Woods in 2006 and now researches and shares practical information about turfgrass selection and management.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Just updated the "top posts" section of the ATC website. These are the 12 posts with the most pageviews in the past 24 months. #TurfReads
How much N is in rain and snow? Perhaps much less than you think. #TurfReads
How much N is in rain and snow? | Asian Turfgrass Center
When I wrote this post back in 2017, I’d just had a conversation about this very question. “I think it is a tiny amount,” I said, “although sometimes I hear really large amounts when people tell me…
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June 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
How much N is in rain and snow? Perhaps much less than you think. #TurfReads
My newsletters cover a range of turfgrass topics and you can sign up for one or all, here www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/ #TurfReads #MLSN
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May 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My newsletters cover a range of turfgrass topics and you can sign up for one or all, here www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/ #TurfReads #MLSN
New on my personal site: the books I read last year. Not quite #TurfReads, but more like what I was reading on other matters.
Books I read in 2024 | Micah Woods: the official site
These are the books I read in 2024. I’ve included a few notes. Judgment at Tokyo, by Gary Bass. This was a sprawling book. And a long one. I read it on my Kindle, and perhaps that made it seem even…
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March 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
New on my personal site: the books I read last year. Not quite #TurfReads, but more like what I was reading on other matters.
Last week I cleaned up the ATC newsletter email lists. If you'd like your new email to be on the blog, update, or #MLSN list, you can sign up here. #TurfReads
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December 23, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Last week I cleaned up the ATC newsletter email lists. If you'd like your new email to be on the blog, update, or #MLSN list, you can sign up here. #TurfReads
For the latest information about turfgrass management from me, make sure you get at least one of these free newsletters. #TurfReads
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December 5, 2024 at 11:42 PM
For the latest information about turfgrass management from me, make sure you get at least one of these free newsletters. #TurfReads