Grasses

Reports from the 1987 OSU Turf Trials

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Reports from the 1988 Turfgrass Field Day.

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Reports from the 2009 WSU and OSU Turfgrass Field Day.

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Along with the BeaverTurf.com website, we are also launching a BeaverTurf Community site.  An online community for Turf Professionals, the site is intended to:

• Connect turf professionals in order to build relationships and increase networking
• Provide a forum for collaboration, discussion, and knowledge sharing
• Keep turf professionals up to date with the latest and greatest news, research, and resources

Check it out and sign up here!  http://beaverturf.ning.com

BeaverTurf.com - the new turfgrass website from Oregon State University - is nearing completion.  We hope you like the new site and the information and resources that it provides. 

Please let us know about any bugs, errors, or other problems that you might encounter, as well as any other feedback you may have.  Thanks and happy surfing!

OSU Turf Specialist Rob Golembiewski was interviewed by Channel 8 out of Portland, OR yesterday.  Click the following link to see the clip.

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Golf-courses-hit-hard-by-winter-82132132.html

Turf adaptation implies that commonly planted grasses have specific climatic conditions in which they thrive. Therefore, if we know the climate we should be able to predict what grasses will have a reasonable chance to prosper. The converse is also true. If we plant grasses in climates where they are not adapted, we can expect to have problems growing a healthy lawn. One way to depict turf adaptation is through maps.

Evaluation of different products in the management of Anthracnose.  The trial site was the Emerald Valley Golf Club, Cresswell, OR.  The site has a history of severe Anthracnose.  Many thanks to Scott Larsen for letting us use his practice green.

Construction of the Prothro Football Practice Fields at Oregon State University.  Design features:  Excavate existing field, Grade subgrade to 1.5% slope, Head-head multizoned irrigation, Hunter heads, Drains 15 ft on center, 8” mains, 4” laterals, Trenches lined with geotextile fabric, 90-10 sand/organic topmix approx. 12” depth, Sand grown perennial ryegrass sod, Fixed goals at south end of field.

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Putting greens in Oregon range from 80% to almost 100 % annual bluegrass.  The reality of golf course maintenance in the Pacfic North West is that annual bluegrass will eventually dominate turf on tees, greens, and fairways.

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