A common way to calculate average daily temperature is to take the sum of the daily maximum and daily minimum temperatures, and to divide by two. A better statistical approximation of the average temperature is to take measurements made every hour and then to find the mean value of those continuous measurements.

This blog post shows a comparison of the three methods for 2024 data at three locations: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/calculating-average-daily-temperature/

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Joe Gulotti joined me to discuss his new job, The Talking Greenkeeper, and the ten posts on the ATC website that no one (practically) read in 2024.

• This is the post that lists all the "bombs:" https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/ten-posts-no-one-read-2024/
• The Talking Greenkeeper catalog is at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-talking-greenkeeper/id1435947281
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Although turf research is often done with fertilizer treatments applied at constant rates and on a fixed calendar schedule, that way of supplying nutrients seems strange to me now. I explain why in this episode, and suggest a better method.

We discussed this post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/fertilizer-schedule-seems-strange-to-me-now/

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Turfgrass information and decision-making tools at https://www.paceturf.org/
PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

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I recommend 4 podcast episodes and one useful app that calculates sand topdressing amounts, then quickly discuss the top 10 new posts from the ATC website in 2024.

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ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

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Green speed varies because of many factors. One of those factors is clipping volume. I discuss that relationship and give some advice for those getting started with clipping volume and wanting to know how to adjust it.

• We discussed this blog post: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/getting-started-with-clipping-volume/
• Potassium increases dollar spot? https://www.paceturf.org/memberedition/potassium-increases-dollar-spot
• The 2025 International Turfgrass Research Conference: https://itrc2025.turfsociety.com/

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• ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

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Did you know there was a time when up to to 2 lbs N per 1000 square feet per growing month, the equivalent of 100 kg of actual N per ha per month, was a standard recommendation for putting green turf? I talk about this and some implications in this episode.

The ATC post getting the double cut treatment is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/nitrogen-rate-as-a-pendulum-swing/
I also took a look at the Historical Nitrogen Rates post from PACE Turf at https://www.paceturf.org/memberedition/historical-nitrogen-rates

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ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

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Bill Kreuser from GreenKeeper joined me to discuss how much grass grows, the complicated problems involved when sand is mixed with clippings, growth regulator adjustments, leaf nutrient content, soil surfactant effect duration, and more. #ClipVol

We discussed the "Sand in clippings" post from the ATC website: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/sand-in-clippings/

You can read more about our discussion of topics such as PGR and soil surfactant scheduling at https://www.greenkeeperapp.com/

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• PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
• ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

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Frank Rossi, Ph.D. is the New York State extension turfgrass specialist at Cornell University. We talked about mentorship, potassium, turf nutrition, smoothness of putting greens, dogma, data, budgets, and more.

Here are some links:

- https://cals.cornell.edu/frank-s-rossi
- New podcast, Turf Without Borders: https://turfwb.asianturfgrass.com/episodes/st-andrews-old-new-jubilee-with-jon-wood
- https://doublecut.asianturfgrass.com/episodes/frank-rossi-and-i-discuss-what-ive-called-my-least-favorite-experiment-ever
- https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/do-you-have-an-idea-why-they-recommend/
- Video with Dr. Rossi & I on smoothness and trueness of putting greens: https://youtu.be/xIlgspZfzbg?si=9iPeueL5Y16Uk5qv
- https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/five-different-ways-to-measure-smoothness-trueness-ball-roll/

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• PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
• ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

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The PACE Turf growth potential equation has one variable (the actual air temperature) and two constants. The constants are optimum air temperature and a term for variance that controls the shape of the curve as the actual temperature moves away from the optimum temperature. It's a little more complicated than that, because the constants change depending on whether you are making the calculation for cool-season grass, warm-season grass, and on whether you are using the Fahrenheit temperature scale or the Celsius temperature scale.

• The blog post discussed is https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/calculating-gp/
• PACE Turf climate appraisal forms at: https://www.paceturf.org/journal/climate
• More about GP and the variance term at https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/what-is-variance-in-growth-potential-equation/

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• PACE Turf YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/paceturf
• ATC's YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/asianturfgrasscenter

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You can expect soil organic matter to be 5% nitrogen, and you can expect from 1 to 4% of that organic nitrogen to mineralize in one year. You can also calculate estimated daily mineralization and sum it to get weekly, monthly, and annual totals.

The blog post discussed is: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/post/estimating-nitrogen-mineralization-an-example/

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