Stewart Naugler is the Director of Agronomy at Loraloma in Texas. We talked about zoysiagrass as a golfing surface, playability, and maintenance requirements.

We started by discussion my "Achieving the warm-season links" article, available here: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/publication/woods-2013-gca/

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Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/

Thatch and mat at the top of turfgrass rootzones are removed from soils prior to testing for soil organic matter. Total organic material (OM246) testing is designed to measure the soil organic matter plus the thatch and mat.

The blog post discussed is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/organic-matter-and-screens/

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Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/

This gives an overview of the seminars I presented at the GCSAA Conference in 2026 and discusses updated PACE Turf site analyses of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR).

• Seminar handout page: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/seminar/gcsaa-2026/
• Example PAR site analysis in the PACE Turf gallery: https://www.paceturf.org/gallery/detail/site-par-analysis
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
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Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/

Maggie Reiter joined me to discuss her "Finding Turf Twitter" analysis, her analysis of current turf research topics at the ASA-CSSA-SSSA meetings, tropical grasses, and irrigation water requirements.

We discussed:

• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/a-brand-new-turf-twitter-analysis/
• https://maggiereiter.com/
• https://www.asianturfgrass.com/tag/carpetgrass/
• https://www.paceturf.org/gallery/detail/five-year-map
• https://www.paceturf.org/public/university-research-location-climate-appraisals
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/

Scientific writing is not always as clear as this. There's an article I really enjoyed that stated right at the start, in the abstract, that core aeration "might not be worth doing."

• The blog post discussed in this episode is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/core-aeration-lucid-abstract/
• Full text of the article is available at https://doi.org/10.4141/S05-073
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/

Dr. Kaminski joined me from his sabbatical in Australia to discuss flights, turf photos, and what he's been doing on his sabbatical.

• The blog post we discussed is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/flights-favorite-turf-photos-2025/
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/

This episode answers that question with how I recommend doing this. For today, we don't need to add N. But the soil nutrient levels decrease with time, we can predict how much the grass will use, and I make fertilizer recommendations looking into the future, rather than waiting to test again before making a decision to apply.

• The blog post discussed in this episode is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/we-only-need-to-apply-n/
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/

Joe Gulotti joined me to give the doublecut treatment to the top posts of 2025 on the ATC blog, plus a bit of holiday extravaganza.

• Blog post discussed is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/top-10-posts-2025/
• National Links Trust updates: https://www.nationallinkstrust.org/whats-happening-now
• Petition to keep D.C.'s publich courses out of political control: https://www.change.org/p/keep-dc-s-public-golf-courses-out-of-political-control
• 2022 Talking Greenkeeper Holiday Extravaganza: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/micah-woods-phd-iv/id1435947281?i=1000590700618
• 2023 Talking Greenkeeper Holiday Extravaganza: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-micah-woods-annual-holiday-special/id1435947281?i=1000639222356
• 2024 Talking Greenkeeper Holiday Extravaganza: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-micah-woods-phd-annual-holiday-extravaganza-episode/id1435947281?i=1000680710300
• Read more about all kinds of turfgrass topics at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/
• Find a suite of decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
• Get free ATC newsletters at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/newsletter/

Thailand GCSA Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia conference: https://stmia.asianturfgrass.com/
Find out more about soil tests with ATC at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/project/soil-tests/