Verdure: Earthworms are great for gardens, not for greens December 2025 With today’s golf course turf management practices, sand topdressing may repel earthworms.
Verdure: Late-season nitrogen applications on Riviera bermudagrass November 2025 Could late-season nitrogen applications improve Riviera bermudagrass color in a cold winter transition zone?
Verdure: Seeds need nitrogen, but not too much October 2025 Researchers at Purdue University tried to determine the optimum N grow-in or establishment program for a seeded bermudagrass cultivar.
Verdure: biological soil crust March 2025 Crust composed of moss, fungi and algae can spell trouble for healthy turf.
Revisiting a groundbreaking putting green study February 2025 A decade-long study on putting greens revealed valuable information on their changing physical properties.
Getting to the (grass) roots of the matter December 2024 Research examined how mowing height and plant growth regulators affected roots in creeping bentgrass.
Verdure: Shining a light on shade October 2024 What are the effects of shade on turfgrass? Learn about disease management, shade-tolerant turfgrasses and more.
Verdure: Snow-mold-tolerant turf species September 2024 Trouble with snow mold? Creeping bentgrass, followed by colonial bentgrass may present the best consistent resistance
Verdure: Rolling for optimum ultradwarf bermudagrass June 2024 What's the best combination of trinexapac-ethyl and lightweight rolling for maximum ball roll on ultradwarf bermuda greens?
Verdure: Sulfur-reducing bacteria blues May 2024 Black layer is a physical accumulation of metal sulfides within the pore spaces of soil particles. How do they form?
Verdure: Bermudagrass triangle April 2024 How do you selectively remove one warm-season grass species from another?
Verdure: Why the rhizosphere matters February 2024 Healthy root hairs act like an underground sponge to absorb water and nutrients.
Verdure at 100 December 2023 GCM looks back at over 100 columns summarizing and interpreting turfgrass research.
Tennis courts, putting greens are close cousins November 2023 Grass tennis courts are not putting greens, but they may have something in common.
Verdure: Seeding your way out of winter February 2023 Is it possible to seed into winterkill-damaged turf to re-establish a playable putting green?
Verdure: Water drops through time January 2023 A look back at the history of the water drop penetration test and its use as a reliable research method in turfgrass management.
Verdure: Seasonā€™s greetings from silica December 2022 Recent research from Kansas State University explored silica's use in turfgrass management related to plant disease, wear tolerance and abiotic stress.
Verdure: Lance nematodes play hide-and-seek November 2022 Most lance juveniles are migratory and feed inside the root, making them difficult to uncover from soil samples and control with a contact nematicide.
Verdure: Don't let moss be the boss August 2022 Researchers at the University of Guelph (Ontario) investigated the possible influence of irrigation rate and frequency on moss in creeping bentgrass.