Cornell Turfgrass Turf Show Podcast Frank Rossi
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The fastest 30 minutes in turf. Timely turf topics for the Northeast golf course, sports turf and lawn managers from Cornell experts and guests. The latest weather and how it affects your management of diseases, insects and fertility, timely tips and more.
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Season 5, Episode 5: Community sports fields with Chase Straw
Dr. Chase Straw, Texas A&M, joins the turf guys to talk about an ambitious project that seeks to understand all aspects of community sports fields and provide foundational data to decision-makers in the future. The turf guys also rant about proper footwear selection for athletes.
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Season 5, Episode 4: Tall fescue with Cale Bigelow
Purdue University professor Cale Bigelow joins the show to share his observations on the evolution of tall fescues, interseeding fescue into existing stands, brown patch resistance, and some potential new uses for fescue as a sports surface. The turf guys also chat about the challenges of dealing with early season traffic.
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Season 5, Episode 3: Meadow management and salt injury
The turf guys go off the deep end in today’s episode, where they discuss meadow area establishment and salt injury of turf. Dan Schied, Director of Grounds for Cornell, joins to discuss his experience with meadow management at Cornell, and the use of treated salt to limit quantities applied and subsequent turf injury.
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Season 5, Episode 2: Snow mold decline, fungicide resistance, pre-emergent strategies
The turf guys chat about the decline of snow mold pressure in NY, recent research on fungicide resistance, and pre-emergent strategies to account for the uncertainty in early season weather.
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Season 5, Episode 1: Winter weather recap with Art DeGaetano
The turf guys chat with Art DeGaetano, professor in Cornell's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and director of the federally-supported Northeast Regional Climate Center, about the temperature, precipitation, and cloud cover trends we saw across the U.S. this winter. They also discuss the 2023 season retrospective and ask “how much was needed?” with respect to mowing, fertilizer, pesticides, and water.
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Season 4, Episode 16 (golf): Water conservation strategies in the Northeast
The Turf guys chat about the current dry weather and climate trends that will drive precipitation patterns moving forward. Matteo Serena, USGA, joins the show to discuss irrigation conservation strategies like drought emergency plans, using new turfgrass varieties, and emerging technologies like sub-surface drip irrigation.