Hi, I’m a student going into Penn state in the fall undecided and have been looking at their turfgrass science major. I’ve always had an interest in working in sports and when I found this major I started reading more. From what I’ve read it’s seems like an interesting career, my question is do you need to be really good with math or science? Those are two subjects I was never really great with in high school but want to work on in college.

Hi all,
My course is aerating the greens this week. When they do this they finish of with some sand. Is this a normal amount? I’ve worked at a high end course where they would use much more sand, up to the point where basically all the holes would be filled up. I feel like that would smooth out the surface much quicker. Is there any reason to use less sand?

I'd appreciate your opinion. Do you think these are the correct target soil values for a USGA golf green?

Could this be a fungal infection starting to take hold, or something else ?

The images are from July, June, and May. Same desiccation happened last year. Though this year the desiccation has been far worse due I suspect to a change in our watering habits (higher volume and less frequent). There is a plastic vapor barrier encompassing the greens cavities that runs from the surface down beneath the gravel (USGA spec build). This barrier is marked by the hand tools inserted in the ground in the first picture. If you look closely, the Bermuda that has encroached over the barrier is yellowing quite a bit. I will* eliminate the fringe next year -- it's simply holding too much heat in the summer months (I do not by any means believe this is the primary contributing factor to the desiccation). *I cannot keep the edges of the greens wet enough on these high sides. They lose moisture so goddamn fast.**

I believe the primary issue is the vapor barrier. Has anyone else seen this type of damage in a green with a vapor barrier?

I am not committed to the vapor barrier being the issue and would love to hear any and all theories.

Thanks

I've never seen Powdery Mildew before but this showed up out of nowhere. Doesn't seem picky about it's host (Bermuda, crabgrass, clover, etc). It's even growing on the steel bed edging. Located in Central VA and we've had significant rain and humidity over the last few weeks.

Anyone have any good ways to secure backpack blowers from bouncing in the back of turf 2s?

Like the title says, I’m thinking about trying out the landscape management side for a while. Have over 10 years of experience in golf and sports/parks, with 3.5 of that in management, along with a 4 year turf degree. Just curious if any of you made the transition and what you liked/ didn’t like about it.

I’ll be honest I don’t really know what i am doing and not working with a lot of funds/equipment. How the F do i stop weed growth? Sprayed early summer when it started coming in and it’s just a never ending battle. Weeds are too strong for nail drag. Not sure what to do.

Was given this sod for free is it still good to put down? I'm on a half acre and have some patching I'd like to do with St Augustine.

My mechanic just rebuilt the pump and now it has another grease leak. He is trying to find how much grease to use but cannot find it in the manual or online. Does anybody have that information or can point us in the right direction? Thanks in advance

Our small course just bought a 2021 Toto 1750 sprayer. Can the sprayer be used without the geolink? We are trying to calibrate volume but we are way off from our target of 80-85gallons per acre. If so, how do I go about disabling it?

The golf course i play at in the UK yesterday seem to have verticut all the greens on the course. I think this may be to get some water into the root zone, however the greens are only watered once a day (at most). They had patches of burnt grass on them before they were verticut. For those who don't live in the UK we are currently experiencing a heatwave with temperatures of 30°C and above for over a week. My question is this. Is doing this in this extreme heat madness or not. They will not get watered more than once a day at best, will this not just allow more moisture to escape over the day than gets in when watered?

Olá a todos, comecei recentemente a trabalhar em Portugal como greenkeeper e preciso urgentemente de estudar algo verdadeiro e que me faça perceber sobre necessidades nutricionais dos diferentes tipos de relvados, necessidades de rega, enfim preciso mesmo de encontrar informação real. Alguém que consegue ajudar onde procurar essa informação?

I'm new for the grass management, I see so many machines and I have no idea for that.

First of all, some context points:

• Based on the south coast of England. 26 years old.
• 1 years experience as a groundsman at a professional football club
• 1.5 years experience as a greenkeeper at 2 golf clubs
• I have no formal qualifications in turf management
• Spent the last 4 years working in marketing...
• I'm locked in at my current job until at least 7th February 2027

After a combined 2.5 years experience in turf management, I quit turf management to pursue a career in marketing because I thought that making a lot of money would make me happy. 4 years later, I want to return to some sort of turf management. Who would have thought that working at a desk and staring at a computer screen isn't fulfilling?

I envision this initially being a job as a greenkeeper. I'm still in contact with the course manager at a golf club I used to work for. Already started the conversation with him for me to return on a voluntary basis a few mornings per week to help with course set up and reassure myself that this is the path I want to go down. And I'd like to slowly build a gardening/landscaping business on the side.

I've made a lot of bad decisions with my career so far. I'm prepared to take a dramatic pay cut to do this, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a pretty scary decision.

Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

ps. I've posted this in a few subreddits. So I apologise if you've seen it elsewhere.