Sports Field Articles

Jamie Mehringer, VP of Sports Turf at Advanced Turf Solutions, explains how to properly add infield mix to an infield in easy to follow steps.

Several goals can be accomplished by the basic task of edging an infield. Two categories encompass edging an infield: in-season and pre/post-season.

Uncover the top 5 reasons why you should be asking for a field evaluation. Improve turf health, identify potential issues, and optimize your lawn care practices with insights from Advanced Turf Solutions.

If you are considering a career in the turf industry, there may be more options than you think.

As things slow outside, here are several things to keep busy this winter.

Next to “Is that grass real?” the other question asked most frequently is “What do you…

The line, “if you build it, they will come” is well known from the movie Field of Dreams. I like to apply a variation of this line to my methodology for growing healthy turf. If you build healthy soil (“it”) then what “comes” of this practice is healthy turf. Or in other words, “If you build it, then it will come.”

fter ending a 15-year career as a golf course superintendent and assistant and thinking her aerifying days were over, Megan VanArsdale accepted a newly created position as the grounds director for Boyle County Schools and was pulled right back in.

Each season starts with a plan but without proper information, what is the basis for that plan? Late fall and early winter are the optimum times for soil sampling. Sampling this time of year allows sports turf managers to prepare a fertility plan for the upcoming season. It is important to know what is available to the plant in the soil, so you know how much and what to apply to provide healthy and happy turf.