New England Sports Field Management Association | March 2019
This issue includes sports turf news and irrigation tips as well as turf-related research. Also features member spotlight and recent/upcoming events.
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By Tom Layman | Reproduced from The Harvard Gazette, November 14, 2018
NESTMA member David Mellor might have had the most important job before the 135th playing of The Game on Saturday afternoon, November 17, 2018, but he wasn’t found on a roster of Harvard or Yale.
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By G.L. Maxey, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, with support from V.H. Wallace, Department of Extension and J.J. Henderson | Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Heavily used athletic fields receive intense traffic that can lead to increased soil surface compaction and reduced turfgrass density (Brosnan et al., 2014; Carrow and Petrovic, 1992). Preventing turfgrass cover loss on athletic fields is important to mitigating the risk...
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Turfgrass and Sports Field Manager | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
Q: When did you first get involved with NESTMA? A: After graduating and earning a job at the University of Rhode Island 11 years ago, I joined NESTMA and STMA. Since 2013, I have been part of the NESTMA board...
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By Heath Traver, CIC | Area Specification Manager for Rain Bird in the Northeast US
Now is the perfect time of the year to begin strategizing for the irrigation season. Here are a few startup tips to get you off to a strong spring.
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By Ben Polimer | Fields and Grounds Coordinator for the Town of Weston, Massachusetts
Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs) have been used in the turf industry for many years but only in the last 10 years have taken off in the sports turf world.
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By Patricia McDaniels | UTIA Marketing and Communications
Annual bluegrass is one of the most common weeds of turfgrass on golf courses, sports fields and sod farms, not to mention residential and commercial lawns.
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By J. Scott Ebdon, Ph.D., Michelle DaCosta, Ph.D, and Jefferson Lu | University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Three official size single courts (78 by 27 ft) were established in 2016 at the Joseph Troll Turf Research and Education Center…
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A Message from NERTF | New England Regional Turfgrass Foundation
Since 1998, the New England Regional Turfgrass Conference and show events have opened on Mondays and have concluded on Thursdays. When things first began, we thought a four-day program was just what the industry needed.
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