Cornell turfgrass

This week:

• Topdressing sports fields.
• Soil testing at cornell.
• Broadleaf weed control.
• Register for Cornell Turfgrass Short Course, Dec. 7 to 11.

Week 28 – ShortCUTT for October 5, 2009

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Websites Frank refers to in the podcast:

• Agro-One Services
• Cornell Turfgrass Short Course

To receive the weekly ShortCUTT newsletter, join NYSTA or subscribe directly.

Recommended web resources:

• ForeCast: Weather for the Turf Industry
• 2009 Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass
• Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues and Management Options – If you don’t have this pocket guide handy already, you’ll want to get one now so you’ll have it when you need it.

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Comments or questions? Use the comments below (they are moderated and so they won’t appear immediately) or email Craig Cramer (cdc25@cornell.edu).

Last summer, Frank Rossi gave the keynote address at the Cornell Living Sculpture Conference on how grass can be used as art. Enjoy the video:

The Thrill of the Grass: Frank Rossi on Turf Art from Cornell Horticulture on Vimeo.

Updated [10/8/2009]: Registration is now open for the Short Course. Visit the events page at the Cornell Turfgrass website for more information.

Here’s the schedule for the Cornell Turfgrass Short Course.

Online registration is coming soon.

In case you missed the announcement, here’s what the short course is all about:

Cornell Turfgrass Short Course
December 7-11
Cornell University Campus
Ithaca, N.Y.

This week-long course is designed to provide an overview of the latest research-based information regarding the art and science of turfgrass management. World-renowned Cornell University faculty and staff as well as national experts on lawn, golf and sports turf management will provide more than 30 hrs of instruction in both classroom and hands-on laboratories.

This course has historically been attended by new professionals or for those seeking to refresh their knowledge. However with the volume of new information regularly coming on-line even the most seasoned professional will benefit from hearing new ideas on fertilization, mowing, irrigation as well as the latest IPM strategies.

Look for program schedule and online registration coming soon to the events page at the Cornell Turfgrass website.

This week:

• Fall sodding and seeding.
• Fall dollar spot.
• Ornamental grass escapes.
• Late-fall weed control.

Week 27 – ShortCUTT for September 28, 2009

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To receive the weekly ShortCUTT newsletter, join NYSTA or subscribe directly.

Recommended web resources:

• ForeCast: Weather for the Turf Industry
• 2009 Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass
• Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues and Management Options – If you don’t have this pocket guide handy already, you’ll want to get one now so you’ll have it when you need it.

If you’d like to subscribe via RSS, the feed is here: http://blogs.cornell.edu/turf/feed/.

Also available via iTunes.

Follow Frank’s Twitter stream.

Comments or questions? Use the comments below (they are moderated and so they won’t appear immediately) or email Craig Cramer (cdc25@cornell.edu).

This week:

• Improving athletic field drainage.
• Crane fly control.
• Biosolids reduce drought stress.

Week 26 – ShortCUTT for September 21, 2009

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Franks refers to this websites in this podcast:

• Sand Cap Build-Up Systems for Michigan High School Fields

Recommended web resources:

• ForeCast: Weather for the Turf Industry
• 2009 Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass
• Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues and Management Options – If you don’t have this pocket guide handy already, you’ll want to get one now so you’ll have it when you need it.

If you’d like to subscribe via RSS, the feed is here: http://blogs.cornell.edu/turf/feed/.

Also available via iTunes.

Follow Frank’s Twitter stream.

Comments or questions? Use the comments below (they are moderated and so they won’t appear immediately) or email Craig Cramer (cdc25@cornell.edu).

This week:

• Late-season N.
• Mulched leaves reduce dandelions.
• DEC clears crumb rubber.
• Fine fescues reduce weeds.

Week 25 – ShortCUTT for September 14, 2009

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Franks refers to this websites in this podcast:

• DEC’s “Waste Tire” Web page

Recommended web resources:

• ForeCast: Weather for the Turf Industry
• 2009 Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass
• Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues and Management Options – If you don’t have this pocket guide handy already, you’ll want to get one now so you’ll have it when you need it.

If you’d like to subscribe via RSS, the feed is here: http://blogs.cornell.edu/turf/feed/.

Also available via iTunes.

Follow Frank’s Twitter stream.

Comments or questions? Use the comments below (they are moderated and so they won’t appear immediately) or email Craig Cramer (cdc25@cornell.edu).

Cornell Turfgrass Short Course
December 7-11
Cornell University Campus
Ithaca, N.Y.

This week-long course is designed to provide an overview of the latest research-based information regarding the art and science of turfgrass management. World-renowned Cornell University faculty and staff as well as national experts on lawn, golf and sports turf management will provide more than 30 hrs of instruction in both classroom and hands-on laboratories.

This course has historically been attended by new professionals or for those seeking to refresh their knowledge. However with the volume of new information regularly coming on-line even the most seasoned professional will benefit from hearing new ideas on fertilization, mowing, irrigation as well as the latest IPM strategies.

Look for program schedule and online registration coming soon to the events page at the Cornell Turfgrass website.

The golf course management staff at the Bethpage State Park led by Park Superintendent Dave Catalano has received the 2009 Excellence in IPM Award from the NYS IPM Program.Project manager Andy Wilson and head Superintendent Craig Currier received the Awards  at the August 12, Cornell Summer Field Tour held at Bethpage.

Students in Marcia Eames Sheavly’s Art of Horticulture class worked with Cornell Plantations Staff and myself to shape and sod a sofa built into a sidehill in the ponds area. Check out this 60-second time lapse movies of the process. What an enlightening activity for Cornell students often bogged down in class room learning environments. It was such a joy to watch them become engaged and interact with each other and their living environment; of course it is totally cool that we are workign with turfgrass. By the way for the turf folks, we used a 90/10 mix of tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass.

Update by cdc25: Here’s a 60-second time-lapse video of the process.

Sod sofa in 60 seconds from Cornell Horticulture on Vimeo.

This week:

• Japanese stiltgrass
• Fall coring of sports turf
• Dollar spot dew removal
• Rust disease management

Week 24 – ShortCUTT for September 7, 2009

Click link to listen or download file to your mp3 player.

To receive the weekly ShortCUTT newsletter, join NYSTA or subscribe directly.

Recommended web resources:

• ForeCast: Weather for the Turf Industry
• 2009 Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Turfgrass
• Turfgrass Problems: Picture Clues and Management Options – If you don’t have this pocket guide handy already, you’ll want to get one now so you’ll have it when you need it.

If you’d like to subscribe via RSS, the feed is here: http://blogs.cornell.edu/turf/feed/.

Also available via iTunes.

Follow Frank’s Twitter stream.

Comments or questions? Use the comments below (they are moderated and so they won’t appear immediately) or email Craig Cramer (cdc25@cornell.edu).