Poole Side with McGee Poole
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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McGee Poole
My Territory is seeing everything from low humidity to severe storms and flooding
The last few weeks have been somewhat typical for June. It has dried out as fast as it was too wet. A weather pattern of low humidity along with some windy conditions dried things in the lower part of my territory. Unfortunately, Indianapolis and areas south of Indy were hit hard by storms that led to severe flooding. At least one golf course superintendent we know of around Columbus, Ind., lost everything in his home.
Tough golf times make it challenging to spend coin on mild turf diseases
Disease pressure on fairways has been limited to dollar spot and the severity is low to moderate. Greens have seen other disease pressure such as anthracnose, summer patch, waitea patch, and other secondary diseases. Altogether, there is a feeling of very tough times in the golf business.
Most golf course superintendents are really pushing spray intervals, using less preventative sprays, and overall taking a good hard look at their input costs. Of course, there are exceptions.
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John’s Red Sox Nation Recap
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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John Bresnahan
Boston Sports are on top of the World
Top-of-the-morn’in from the CITY OF CHAMPIONS!!! Yes that’s right another Boston team has won a World Championship! Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics—and yes—the Red Sox are in first place again with the Evil Empire (Yankees) taking the year off. And this Championship run started at the same time I joined BASF… we are living the dream in the city of champions.
University of Massachusetts Field Day—presents turf research findings
The UMASS Field Day was an educational experience that featured new research findings about disease resistance in turf.
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Robby’s Run Down
Friday, June 20th, 2008
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Robby Marionneaux
FarmLinks helps build rapport between golf course supers and assistant supers
I spent the entire week of June 9th to the 13th at FarmLinks with my counter part from Texas…Mr. Travis Klosterboer.
As always the golf course superintendents in attendance were blown away with the Experience. We definitely are building strong relationships with those who come to FarmLinks—golf course superintendents really enjoy talking and learning about turf from our own BASF’s on-site staffer Brian Thompson. He’s experience and knowledge as a former super, makes him a great resource for customers. I opted to bring in a few assistant golf course superintendents from a couple of high-end courses. From the golf course superintendents’ standpoint, it gives them an opportunity to reward and train their guys. I really enjoyed my time with these up and coming assistant supers.
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Turf Time with Ted
Friday, June 6th, 2008
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Ted Huhn
Preventative sprays influence summer disease severity in turf grass
Spring has been very nice to the golf course superintendents this 2008 season. We are having a record wet and cool spring. Supers have told me and turf product distributors too, that they have missed a dollar spot spray this spring. Some are bragging about their savings. My personal belief is that the 55 to 65 degree preventative sprays influence summer disease severity.
Application skippers don’t count your chickens just yet. These supers may become frantic in the very near future as 90 degree temperatures head our way in the coming weeks, combined with high soil moisture and very high humidity. I sure do wish I had air conditioning.
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Kropp’s Cut
Friday, June 6th, 2008
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Michael Kropp
Hi All. The last couple of weeks I have been on the road close to home with several trips fanning out to NV/Fresno/Visalia/North Coast areas.
Turf maintenance programs spring into preventative summer applications
Golf applications are right on schedule with temperatures in the mid seventies, humidity in the 20%, and nice cool evenings. Superintendents are having success with preventative sprays on their greens every 3 weeks.
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