This fun episode of Behind the Turf was recorded LIVE at the Australian Sports Turf Managers Association (ASTMA) Turf Conference trade show in Sydney where I was co-host with Steve Smith from The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast.

I organised a couple of special guests to join on the podcast and we also nabbed a couple of passers by to grab a microphone, strap on the headphones and join in for a chat.

Join us for a bit of fun and great insight live from the Colin Campbell Chemicals trade show stand!

Our website:

⁠⁠Colin Campbell Chemicals⁠

Don't forget about our products:

Chino our new pythium Fungicide

Proplant Fungcide

Emerald Fungicide

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Links Mentioned:

⁠Rugby League State of Origin - WWOS Top 10 Moments of All Time

⁠⁠The ASTMA⁠

⁠Dr Chase Straw - Penn State University⁠

⁠Sports Turf Association NSW⁠

⁠PGG Wrightson Turf⁠

⁠EP.130 Keeper of the Greens - Adam Lamb (Commonwealth Golf Club)⁠

⁠Dr Jim Kearns - NC State University

The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast - Spotify

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the beginning of the episode

This episode is produced by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with Colin Campbell Chemicals.

This episode is two episodes in one. We recently recorded a chat with Rob Golembiewski from Atticus LLC from the USA.  Atticus may not be known to our listeners but Rob certainly would be known as he used to work for Bayer Environmental for a number of years. Rob made trips to Australia and spoke at the ASTMA conference back in 2019. I have kept in touch with Rob over the years and meet up with Rob regularly at GCSAA Conference. He is now a product specialist with a US chemical company. We chat about the active ingredient in Chino “cyazofamid” and discuss how US turf managers are using it against pythium.

The second part of this chat is an excerpt from previous episode 35 of Behind The Turf podcast with Brandon Horvath from University Tennessee. I spoke in depth with Brandon about the different types of pythium.  Please enjoy.

Links mentioned:

Chino our new pythium Fungicide

Proplant Fungcide

Emerald Fungicide

Brandon Horvath episode 35

University Tennessee All starts featuring Brandon from episode 42

ASTMA Trade Show Free Trade Show rego

NSW STA Apprentice Day ASTMA Conference 2025⁠

The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast 

Our website: www.campbellchemicals.com.au

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This episode is produced by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with Colin Campbell Chemicals.

This episode was recorded with Dr Richard Hurley from Rutgers University. Dr Hurley was brought out to Australia by DLF & Advanced Seed and were able to give me access with Richard after his seminar at The Lakes Golf Club in Sydney.

Richard has been responsible for stalwarts of the seed industry since the 70’s bringing varieties such as L-93, 007, 007XL, 777, and Pure Distinction. We go through his history of seed development with a special mention working with Augusta National and the advancements in bentgrass breeding. 

Thank you to Advanced Seed & DLF Seeds

Links mentioned

Our 80 Year History Article

The golfing Greenkeeper podcast

Chino our new pythium Fungicide

Our Broadleaf herbicides Methar Tri Kombi and Sportsground are back available again.

Our website www.campbellchemicals.com.au

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This episode is produced and edited by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with Colin Campbell Chemcials.

This is another episode in the Campbell’s Corner collection, recorded as part of our partnership with The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast. In this episode Steve sits down with Nadeem and discusses the rich history of 80 years of Colin Campbell Chemicals and the contribution to the turf industry.

Mentions from the episode:

Our 80 Year History Article

The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast - Spotify

Chino our new pythium Fungicide

Our broadleaf herbicides Methar Tri Kombi and Sportsground are back available again

Our website www.campbellchemicals.com.au

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This episode is produced by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with The Golfing Greenkeeper podcast.

This is the third time I've had the privilege to have pat on the podcast pat has been an amazing friend ever since I've met him back when social media was just starting to take off.  It is always a pleasure to have pat on the podcast this time we talk just on what is happening in the turf industry the changes that he's seen at the moment.  Pat's independent and he's working on his own doing some consulting and doing some marketing for different companies that he's built up relationships overtime. He doesn't run a magazine anymore we really do talk about the future of turf management and talk about the autonomous side and the technology coming through I hope you enjoyed this episode.

@patjonestweets on X

Pat Jones Website

You Tube channel where our VLOG will be for the US turf conference

Turf Disease Chart

Mite ID Chart

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This episode is produced by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with Colin Campbell Chemicals. 

This episode begins with a brief talk about my upcoming US trip before the main part of the podcast where I interview Delphene Tseng who is founder of a company called Landseer communications. I first met Delphene through a Superintendent in Victoria, Andrew Anderson, before I did this interview. I was really interested in hearing what she's doing to help golf courses talk about themselves, promote themselves from an environmental and sustainability POV, and work with the first green programme that we have adopted here in Australia as well as Audubon international.

As Delphene puts on her website

“Every course has its own signature hole; every course has its own story.

​Tell your neighbours about the salamanders that live by the healthy water on your course. 

Show the world the native flowers you planted to create a pollinator habitat. 

Let everyone hear the birdsong that floats between the morning fog.

​Big or small, we can help you tell the story that touches the heart of your community.”

Landseer Website

You Tube channel where our VLOG will be for the US turf conference

Campbell Chemicals X Account

Campbell Chemicals Facebook  

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This episode is produced by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with The Golfing Greenkeeper podcast.

This is the second time I have had the pleasure of hosting Cale and Jada on the podcast. Since we last met up Jada has now become Dr Jada Powlen as she achieved her PHD and Dr Bigelow led Purdue University to another turf bowl win. Purdue University is in Indiana. The focus of the university is large horticulture crops and what is referred to as row crops. The broad range of the university allows for a range of ideas to adapt turfgrass and really looking at sustainability practices in turf managers. We talk about soil biology, the rhizosphere, and micro biome studies currently taking place. 

We also talk about different cool season cultivars and the effort going into making these work better in terms of disease and drought and climate stress. 

Check out our updated website

www.campbellchemicals.com.au

Our Broadleaf herbicides Methar Tri Kombi and Sportsground are back available gain

Fairy Ring BMP

Apollo

Emerald Fungicide Video presentation 

Emerald website resources

Links mentioned

The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast

Fungicide Resistance article

Updated version through VGCSA 

Purdue Turfgrass website

You Tube channel where our VLOG will be for the US turf conference

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This podcast episode is produced and edited by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with Colin Campbell Chemicals.

In this episode we sit down and speak to Dr Jim Baird from UC Riverside. Not many listeners would know Jim but he has a vast arrange of experience within the turf industry we talk about his time as a USGA Agronomist, as well as his research career. We discuss different turf varieties as Jim is an expert in developing different grasses as well as improving the use of them. He also has done a lot of work dealing with drought conditions and the issues that come with it.

At the time of recording PoaCure had not been registered in California however Dr Baird was instrumental in the first trials for PoaCure in the US and developing PoaCure from an experimental product to a new standard in Poa control. In fact we have based a lot of our understanding for Australia on Dr Baird’s work on PoaCure.

Check out UC Riverside Turfgrass Science - https://turfgrass.ucr.edu

Check out our updated website

www.campbellchemicals.com.au

Our Broadleaf herbicides Methar Tri Kombi and Sportsground are back available gain

Fairy Ring BMP

Apollo

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This is another episode in the Campbell’s Corner collection as recorded as part of our partnership with The Golfing Greenkeeper Podcast. The episode gives an understanding how we work with turf managers from around Australia. We talk about what drives us as well as our passion for education for the turf industry. Nadeem talks about utilising his resources he has to help best serve turf managers. 

The 2nd part of the episode gives an update going into the spring/summer of 2024.

Check out our updated website

www.campbellchemicals.com.au

Our Broadleaf herbicides Methar Tri Kombi and Sportsground are back available gain

Fairy Ring BMP

Apollo

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode

This episode is produced by The Social Media Birdie in conjunction with The Golfing Greenkeeper podcast.

This episode is slightly more random than usual as I am not interviewing anyone. This is from the golf course superintendence conference in Phoenix earlier on this year where I do Vlog at the end of each day which is beneficial from two points view one is that people get to see a few for what is going on in the US when I travel for the conference and also the other side gives me a good way to let people know what I’ve met that day from a seminars I’ve been to.

Check out our updated website

www.campbellchemicals.com.au

Our Broadleaf herbicides Methar Tri Kombi and Sportsground are back available gain.

To apply for the ASTMA CPD points:

• Log into the ASTMA website members section

• Choose ‘manage your CPD’ under the membership tab

• Go to submit activity 

• Choose POD as activity code

• Under activity name enter the unique code for this podcast as heard at the end of the episode