Cornell Turfgrass Turf Show Podcast

Duty of Care for school athletic fields

The turf guys discuss what "duty of care" means on athletic fields, simplifying it down to 5 core practices that meet this standard - mow, feed, seed, relieve, rest.  C

Weeds and the weather

The turf guys chat about the odd weather patterns of this spring making it difficult to identify an optimal weed control strategy. Seed? PRE-emergent? POST? Some data sug

Autonomous Mowers - what you need to know

The turf guys discussion the rapid integration of autonomous mowers that is permeating through the turfgrass industry. They work through the benefits (many) and challenge

ABW, grubs, and worm charming with Kyle Wickings

Dr. Kyle Wickings, Cornell, joins the show to discuss a variety of insect related topics. They discuss control strategies for annual bluegrass weevil  at adult vs. larval

Root Pathogens and Disease Models with Ming-Yi Chou

Dr. Ming-Yi Chou, Rutgers, joins the turf guys to discuss considerations for evaluating your root pathogen program including timing, rooting depth, thatch presence, and p

First principles of sports field agronomics w/Jason Henderson

Dr. Jason Henderson, UCONN, joins the turf guys to discuss the variety of research he's done on sports fields from autonomous mowers to non-chemical weed control and over

Soils and Safety: Athletic fields with Evan Mascitti

Description: As the spring season approaches, Dr. Evan Mascitti (UMass) lays out some spring infield skin maintenance BMPs, including when to keep traffic off, addressing

The Customer is Always Right: Grounds Maintenance w/Dan Schied

Dan Schied, Director of Grounds at Cornell, joins the show to discuss a range of topics, from salt and traffic damage of sidewalk turf panels to benchmarks for maintenanc

Grass in Japan, Soils in New York

We hear about turfgrass across Japan from Frank's recent travels. The turf guys then discuss early season sports and minimum standards for turfgrass soils.

Custom Lawn Care in the Real World with Maggie Reiter

Maggie Reiter, Scientist at Sunday, joins the show. She discusses Sunday's unique approach to providing custom lawn care programs to homeowners by blending data-driven ag

La Niña and winter weather patterns with Art DeGaetano

Art DeGaetano makes his annual appearance on the Cornell Turf Show to discuss the winter weather anomalies in the Northeast. We discuss why this year turned into a La Niñ

The WinterTurf project with Paige Boyle

Dr. Paige Boyle (University of Minnesota) oversees education and outreach of the massive WinterTurf project looking at winter injury on cool-season grasses. We discuss th

Sports Fields – how many is enough?

The turf guys are on their own today, ranting about sports fields. Where do these "annual hours of field use" limits come from? Can we use them to find an appropriate amo

Long-term Lawns with Paige Boyle

Dr. Paige Boyle, University of Minnesota, joins the show to discuss her recent work with the Long-Term Ecological Research Project in the twin cities area. We chat about

Deep roots and deep dives with Ming-Yi Chou

Dr. Ming-Yi Chou, Rutgers, stops by the show to discuss root pathogens. The result is a detailed discussion of application timing (depends on the type of pathogen), and a

Breaking the norm: alternative (and traditional) weed control with Matt Elmore

Dr. Matt Elmore, Rutgers, joins to discuss a variety of weed control topics. We start with the considerations a professional should make when evaluating a traditional pre

The Insect mashup show with Kyle Wickings

It's the insect mash-up show this week. We tackle No Mow May and Kyle's data on pollinator resources and below-ground insects. Annual bluegrass weevil timing seems to be

Topdressing, Traffic, Organic Matter and Firmness with Doug Soldat

Dr. Doug Soldat, University of Wisconsin-Madison, chats about some recent research on topdressing rates, frequencies, and measures of firmness. The results may surprise y

The Science of Surface Firmness and Traction

Dr. Evan Mascitti, Senior Engineer At Biocore, joins the turf guys in an epic conversation on firmness. Evan explains the intricacies of field firmness and traction, and

Hot fields and cool Springs

Dr. Arthur DeGaetano, Director of the Northeast Regional Climate Center, joins the show to discuss growing degree day accumulation in the Spring, and the annual variation