Welcome to Get Green Northwest Indiana, Your home for lawn care solutions with Steve Daly. In each podcast, you'll learn the secret tips for growing healthy, green grass & best-practice solutions for watering, weed and feed, aeration, and mowing. For lawn care tools, charts, tables, blogs, and community pages with local support, visit: https://perma-green.com/
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I discuss ATC blog posts, with supplementary information, stories, and the reasons why I thought the topic was worth writing about, and worth reading about. Thus, a doublecut of these topics. This covers grass selection, playability, and all the work done to create a certain type of turfgrass surface.
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Welcome to Lawn Therapy, The Purple Care Podcast: Your guide to intelligent discussions at the crossroads of biology, chemistry, and outdoor stewardship with Justin Berg, President of Purple Care. Delve into the latest advancements in soil science, agronomics, horticulture, pest management, arboriculture and more as we navigate the diverse landscape of outdoor care and sustainability. Join us as we unravel the complexities of environmental conservation, exploring the intricate balance betwee ...
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T-Jay Creamer is the golf course superintendent at Olympic View Golf Club in western Canada. He joined me to discuss tournament golf maintenance and the grammar of greenkeeping. We discussed this ATC blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/two-weeks-in-august/ T-Jay's Substack newsletter is https://ovgrounds.substack.com/ He explained the gr…
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Lawn Fungus, or turfgrass disease, is causing severe damage to lawns. In today's special encore podcast, Steve Daly shares with you what lawn disease is, where it comes from, and what to do if you have it. Daly also covers the different types of lawn disease and best-practice solutions. You'll also learn the difference between heat/drought stress a…
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A month ago Joe Gulotti and I walked the fairways and greens of the Montchanin Course at Dupont Country Club. I wrote a blog post about that, and we discussed my visit in this episode. Blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/a-visit-to-the-talking-greenkeeper/ The Talking Greenkeeper podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-talking…
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You can sometimes, perhaps more often than you would think, find soil under good turf to have lower nutrient content than does soil under poor quality turf. In this episode, I explain why that is, what the implications of this phenomenon are, and what you can do about it. This blog post has all the details on the turf (and soil) paradox: https://ww…
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In today's episode, Steve reveals interesting lawn and grass facts most homeowners don't know. You'll discover everything from why your lawn looks brown after mowing to why most people make the mistake of believing its good to water your lawn often. Of course, it's not enough to just discover Northwest Indiana turf fans' misconceptions! Steve share…
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In today's episode of Lawn Care Solutions with Steve Daly, you will learn what July's lawn treatment includes and why it's important to your turf's health. You'll also discover how to survive the dog days of summer. The best lawns don't happen by themselves. In today's podcast, you'll also discover why 2024 is the season with numerous challenges fa…
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Disease, nutrition, and control problems, with Dr. John Dempsey
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Independent turfgrass researcher John Dempsey, Ph.D., joined me to discuss evaluating treatment effects and the importance of having a good control. We talked about diseases, nutrition, and this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/problem-with-the-controls/ Find John on X at https://x.com/J_J_Dempsey Read more about all kinds of turfgras…
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Dr. Henry Qu, partner and data scientist at Oxbridge Economics, joined me to talk about data analysis, and statistics, and how to try to learn things in turfgrass science. We discussed NTEP, posterior distributions, disease resistance, ANOVA, total organic material expectations by species, the process of learning, and much more. ATC blog post about…
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Doing more work to produce better turf with Jon Wall
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Jon Wall, golf course superintendent at Shanqin Bay, joined me to discuss doing more work to make grass better, rather than doing less. And also about what I'd want everyone to do, which is doing the right amount of work for your property. We talked about many things, starting off with: Better turf conditions with more intensive maintenance blog po…
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Tree Health and Care: Expert Arborist Insights on Disease Prevention and Managing Urban Development Impacts
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Send us a Text Message. Join Justin Berg, President of Purple Care, for an in-depth exploration of tree health and care. This informative episode features special guest speaker John Tomlinson, Master Arborist with Southern Charm. Our expert arborist delves into the intricate science of tree physiology, pathology, and ecology, offering valuable insi…
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It's summer in the northern hemisphere, and the two items discussed in this episode provide guidance on managing turf when it has to survive through heat stress. From the ATC website, a 12 point list: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/catching-up-on-reading-heat-stress/ From PACE Turf, the Heat Kills document: https://www.paceturf.org/member/Docu…
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It's a special podcast you won't want to miss! We are celebrating 50 years as Northwest Indiana's oldest lawn care service. Today, you'll look at where we started, how lawn care has changed in half a century, and where it's going! You'll also discover Permagreen vs. Perma-Green. What's the difference? With this historic year's excitement, people se…
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Explaining MLSN and assessing ball roll on putting greens, with Carl Schimenti
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Carl Schimenti from Cornell University joined me to discuss intro to #MLSN explanations vs. using MLSN the way it is designed to be used. We also talked a lot about ball roll assessment using the #BobbleTest, and the USGA GS3 ball, and other methods. MLSN project page: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/mlsn/ Daniel Palin with the MLSN test on The Talk…
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Soil P, pH, and salinity are a few things that likely vary by depth in your rootzone. I've started recommending that 20% of putting greens tested be done with a sample divided at the 5 cm depth. Send the lab a 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm depth sample from that green, rather than the standard 0-10 cm depth sample. I discussed this blog post: https://www.asia…
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Spring green-up of cool and warm-season grasses with Maggie Reiter
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Maggie Reiter joined me to discuss how the start (and end) of the turfgrass maintenance season might be predicted. When is spring green-up? When does the season end? We discussed, and showed charts of growth potential and temperature, from this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/maps-of-average-temperatures-in-the-usa/ The Sunday Lawn Care p…
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In today's podcast, you'll get the inside scoop on what is included in the 2nd Application of a 6-App Full-Season Lawn Care program. You'll also learn the secret to controlling Lawn Grubs and most other lawn pests in a single application... and it's better for the planet. You'll also learn how to read the notification left on your door after each a…
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Bill Kreuser, Ph.D., president of GreenKeeper, joined me to discuss the new water resource planning tools in GreenKeeper, along with disease risk, PGRs, soil surfactants, and weather data. See more about these tools at the GreenKeeper app: https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/ Irrigation posts at the ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/irriga…
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Core sweepers make aeration easier, ball roll after 270 rounds, and estimating N in clippings
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I discuss small plot university research with fixed treatments vs. golf course and sports turf maintenance with treatments that vary, and consider which results we should trust more. I also discuss the bobble test after 270 rounds, mention that core sweepers are a nice machine, and explain how I estimate N harvested in creeping bentgrass clippings.…
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Flipping the Script: Innovative Approaches to Traditional Pest Control
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Send us a Text Message. Join host Justin Berg, President of Purple Care, and Robert Stults, Certified Technician and Licensed Pest Management Professional, as they delve into the sophisticated ideologies of pest control management. In this enlightening series, "Lawn Therapy: The Purple Care Podcast," we challenge traditional practices by emphasizin…
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I describe what we can learn from looking at five years of Mehlich 3 soil test phosphorus results from golf course putting greens, how to calculate the turfgrass speedo in a standard way, rather than in a chaotic way, and recommend an episode of the Cornell Turfgrass Show that asks if soil testing is the answer to all your problems. These are the l…
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Putting surface management, the turf speedo (growth ratio), & surprising results with T-Jay Creamer
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T-Jay Creamer joined me to discuss bentgrass & Poa annua (bent-Poa) management with a surprisingly low annual N rate, almost no use of PGRs, and no aeration (other than occasional needle tining) for more than two years. The results surprise me, and they may surprise you too. We discussed this blog post about the turf speedo: https://www.asianturfgr…
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Exploring Regenerative Agriculture: Insights from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension on the Lawn Therapy Podcast
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Send us a Text Message. Join us on the latest episode of the "Lawn Therapy: The Purple Care Podcast" with host Justin Berg, President of Purple Care as we dive deep into the world of horticulture and plant sciences with our esteemed guest, Paul Winski from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. In this enlightening session, Paul shares his extensive journey…
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In this episode, I discuss sixteen year old bentgrass greens that have also gone sixteen years without P fertilizer. The greens are also free of Poa annua. Then I discuss how fertilizer recommendations made from soil tests are a lot more precise if the time duration over which the fertilizer is being recommended is considered explicitly. And I expl…
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Optimal and practical overseeding windows with Jim Huntoon
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Jim Huntoon joined me from Horry-Georgetown Technical College to discuss overseeding and the hows and whys of this common practice on warm-season turf that goes dormant in winter. We discussed these two blog posts: - https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/optimum-overseeding-time-windows/ - https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/zoysia-beats-bermuda-on-s…
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Spring has sprung! Today, you'll discover the real purpose of spring fertilizer and treatments. Steve also shares the best services offered by lawn care experts and how the price compares with doing it yourself! You'll also learn what difference it makes when you run a full-season lawn care program vs just fertilizing at certain times. We hope you …
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Texas Turf Talk: Innovative Soil Solutions and Green Manufacturing with Purple Care on the Lawn Therapy Podcast
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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Lawn Therapy, The Purple Care Podcast: Hosted by Justin Berg, President of Purple Care and with our guest speaker, David Mayer with Mayer Materials. Join us as we delve deep into the fascinating world of soil science, where we'll explore topics ranging from soil processing and product materials to the importance o…
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Botanical walks, ecoregions, and MLSN for lawns with Maggie Reiter
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Maggie Reiter joined me to reminisce about the grasses one can find at the back of the 7th green at Pebble Beach Golf Links, to consider soil test results for lawns, what the biggest problems are on lawns and whether solutions exists, and much more. Maggie is a Data Scientist at Sunday, https://www.getsunday.com/ The blog post with the photo of gra…
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This is a follow-up to the episode last week when I mentioned that I was looking at snow outside, that the light would be ample for growth, but the temperatures were below freezing and thus temperature was limiting the growth. I discuss the new blog post that shows those light data. An example of ample DLI: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/an-ex…
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The growth potential converts air temperature to a 0 to 1 (or 0 to 100%) scale. Of course, there are a lot more things that affect actual growth, including light, nitrogen, and water. I discuss these and why I'm not so convinced that adding a light factor to GP makes it more useful. The blog post discussed here is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/pos…
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Leaf N normals from PACE, plus #OM246 video, #MLSN testing, #TurfMath, and soil test frequency
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This episode goes through a lot of updates from both the ATC and the PACE Turf websites. Topics discussed include OM246, the problem with frequent soil testing, the problem when getting soil tests done by some fertilizer companies, normal N content of grass leaves, and coefficient of uniformity (Cu) of rootzone sands. More information and and decis…
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In today's podcast, Steve Daly shares why the secret to spring lawn care and fertilizers is control and timing. To make matters worse, most people are doing the opposite. Today, Steve sets the record straight and why grass growth regulators can help homeowners save time and money while mowing less. You'll also discover best-practice maintenance tha…
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Adam Moeller on sand, #OM246, #ClipVol, and putting green management in 2024
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Adam Moeller joined me to discuss how to manage greens in 2024. We talked about his research at Purdue University on sand and bentgrass and coring and N rates, and about clipping volume and OM246 testing and how we might manage turf and look at sands today. This post got the Doublecut introduction, about how to figure out an estimate of N harvest f…
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Brian joined me to discuss his recommended soil sampling strategy for an 18 hole golf course. We also discussed what he teaches in a 2 hour GCSAA seminar on physical testing. Mavis Consulting website with lots of resources: http://mavisconsulting.com/ This blog post on soil sampling got the Doublecut treatment: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/c…
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The 2018 article by Bryan and Tyler Hopkins, "Carbon: the next frontier in fertilization?" concludes that we "should not be fertilizing with carbon." Bryan joined me to discuss this article. The blog post about their article remains one of the top viewed on the ATC website, six years after publication: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/is-carbon-…
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In today's episode of Lawn Care Solutions with Steve Daly, you'll discover a lawn treatment called Grass Growth Regulators and why this application means mowing and watering less. Best of all, this technology means you'll have a healthier, greener lawn. It also means your turf is more capable of resisting lawn damage from disease and drought! It's …
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Zoysiagrass can seed year round when the conditions are right. In this episode, I discuss what those conditions are, share some tools for getting a site-specific sand topdressing estimate, describe the reshuffling of top posts on the ATC website, and discuss using a line laser to measure the effective height of cut. I have also recently been the gu…
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Blog post bombs of 2023 with Joe Gulotti
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Joe Gulotti, The Talking Greenkeeper, joined me to discuss the ATC blog posts that received the fewest views in 2023. We give these topics one more chance, while talking about quality of ball roll, playability, fertilizer, surface firmness, seminars, translation, and much more. The blog post with these 10 blog post "bombs" is https://www.asianturfg…
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In today's Podcast, Steve discusses the pros and cons of Lawn Renovation vs Lawn Maintenance. According to Steve, all too often, homeowners jump into very expensive lawn renovation because they see a yard filled with weeds or numerous bare spots. While often the damage is severe enough that renovation is the only option, most of the time, a well-de…
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Nitrogen, coring, the pH chart, hourly ET, growth rate, and surface hardness: top posts of the year
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With Google Analytics I can check the pages on the ATC website that get the most views. These were the ten posts from 2023 that got the most pageviews. These posts are listed, with direct links to each, at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/ten-posts-no-one-read-2023/ Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/…
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I looked through my "Flights and favorite turf photos" post to see what I learned, or what I was reminded of, through these photos. I discuss N rate, grass species, dormancy, traffic, leaf area, crew size, Poa annua, pesticides, and a lot more. This is the post I discussed: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/flights-favorite-turf-photos-2023/ I me…
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How a conference education program gets put together with Deb Burnett & Sami Strutt
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In 2018, I delivered four presentations/classes at the Continue to Learn education conference in Harrogate, England. Deb Burnett and Sami Strutt from BIGGA joined me to discuss how an education program gets put together and evaluated. The Doublecut post was: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/four-presentations-at-btme/ BIGGA website: https://www.…
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Lawn renovation can be both costly and time consuming. According to Steve Daly, most people jump into lawn renovation when they don't need to. It's not even the best solution most of the time. In today's Lawn Care Solutions podcast, you'll learn the best lawn care hacks for rejuvenating your yard. To learn more about Perma-Green - here is a link to…
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Chris Tritabaugh joined me to discuss sand topdressing, a long-running conversation we've been having with Dr. John Kaminski, the quantities of sand and N that are recommended vs. the amounts that seem to be required in modern turf maintenance, and much more. We discussed this post from the ATC website about nitrogen, coring, and sand: https://www.…
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Robotic automowers for golf course (and all kinds of) turf with Janne Lehto, MG
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Janne Lehto from Hirsala Golf joined me to discuss robotic automowers. Hirsala Golf currently has a fleet of 36 machines, mowing all fairways and 75% of the rough with these autonomous mowers. We discussed mowing heights, some of the interesting benefits that come with using these types of machines, and discussed a few drawbacks. Find Janne on Ints…
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I talked about some recent blog posts, including updated #OM246 sampling instructions, there is no such thing as an MLSN nitrogen rate, soil samples cannot dry too much, and more. Links to these posts are: - https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/mlsn-is-not-gp/ - PACE climate appraisal form https://www.paceturf.org/journal/climate - https://www.asian…
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Wetting agent re-application intervals by growing degree days (GDD) with Bill Kreuser
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Can soil surfactant (wetting agent) applications be scheduled based on site temperatures? Can a growing degree day model work for this? Dr. Bill Kreuser, president of Greenkeeper, joined me to discuss his exciting progress with this research. - ATC blog post on what wetting agents really do: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/what-do-wetting-agent…
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Steve Daly switches from growing grass to growing awareness and donations for the Kiwanis Club of Valpo. Today, you'll learn who is Kiwanis, why they matter, who they help, what fun events are planned, and how you can join the fun! LINKS Perma-Green Valpo Kiwanis Perma-Green Podcast Kiwanis International JOIN US! Kiwanis of Valpo We'd love to tell …
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Bentgrass greens in Perth summer temperatures with Fraser Brown
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Lake Karrinyup Country Club in Perth, Western Australia has creeping bentgrass greens and sometimes sees high temperatures over 40 °C. Course superintendent Fraser Brown joined me to discuss how he and the maintenance team manage the grass in this year-round golfing climate. Find Fraser on X at https://twitter.com/FraserJBrown_ Read the ATM profile…
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In today's Podcast, you'll learn 9 Fall Lawn Care and Yard Maintenance Tips every homeowner should know before winter hits. Steve also shares the secrets of professional lawn care experts. When the snow melts, your lawn will hit the ground running! Finally, here are the links to some of Steves's best lawn care maintenance schedules, tables, and use…
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I spoke with Michael Bekken about normal nitrogen rates, why they vary so much, why that matters, what a normal N rate linked to growth potential (GP) might be, and greenhouse gas emissions from turfgrass maintenance. We talked about: - how to keep up with turf info from ATC and PACE Turf, https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/whats-the-best-way-to-k…
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