Botanical walks, ecoregions, and MLSN for lawns with Maggie Reiter

The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods

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 grasses at Pebble Beach is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/flights-turf-photos/
We discussed EPA ecoregion maps, which you can read more about at https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/ecoregions and can see the especially detailed ones at https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/level-iii-and-iv-ecoregions-continental-united-states
The original MLSN guidelines, first presented at the Bouyoucos Conference in 2012, are available at: https://www.paceturf.org/PTRI/Documents/201408_stowell_woods_mlsn.pdf
MLSN calculations for micronutrients are here: https://www.paceturf.org/memberedition/mlsn-for-micronutrients
The Carrow et al. article from 2004 on SLAN ranges is available at https://www.files.asianturfgrass.com/clarify3.pdf
Soil test lab tour at Brookside Labs: https://youtu.be/PyL2bfdiBdE

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