Advanced understanding of monitored variables and making best decisions

As our industry has advanced its ability to collect key information about turfgrass conditions, trends and practices, many fall short in understanding what to do with this very important information or even how best to get the key information turfgrass facility managers need.

This class will focus on what those important variables are, how best to measure them and most importantly the best decisions that can be made from them. Specifically, we will dive into discussion on water and its impact on turf, nutrition and how to best position it for the sustainability of the game, chemical and physical influences from the rootzone and turf system as a whole, available cultural practices that influence turfgrass performance and how to measure and improve success in the practices we choose to do, and finally the economic and environmental impact on related decisions. Plenty of time will be allotted for discussion, questions and answers with much knowledge brought into the discussions.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the environmental and economic impacts of our practices, and how to measure and alter them toward success for the facility
• Understand the true influences on turfgrass performance and how to recognise them
• Understand the influences of our practices and how to measure their success
• Understand what electro‑conductivity is, nutritional relationships and how to best position our nutrition programme