Managing Soil Organic Matter

Effectively managing organic matter will help create the firm and smooth greens that golfers have come to expect.

Using scientific and empirical approaches for managing organic matter accumulation can be frustrating.

The approaches in front of greens don’t have to be as fast as the greens, but they should be firm enough.

Understanding the risks of coring at non-traditional times

Go by the numbers to remove guesswork when it comes to topdressing and core aeration.

Are you really accomplishing anything by dusting the greens with ultra-light applications of sand?

University of Arkansas researchers provide important insight for managing organic buildup on putting greens.

Does it matter?

What is the goal of your cultivation program?

How research uncovered the primary cause of secondary problems.

Two old concepts are linked together to offer up-to-date recommendations.

Has fairway topdressing worked?

Taking fairways to the next level

Following several decades of fairway topdressing, results are clearly positive, but does it make economic sense?

The application rate has a greater impact than sand particle size distribution.

Controlling thatch is just one aspect of firm fairways, but it is a crucial element.