Getting Buckets

I spoke about measuring clipping volume at a meeting with the Danish Greenkeepers Association at Copenhagen Golf Club. For more information, see my book about this topic, One Bucket at a Time: https://www.asianturfgrass.com/buckets/

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1. Getting Buckets
   Micah Woods
   Chief Scientist
   Asian Turfgrass Center
   www.asianturfgrass.com
   2 December 2019
   

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4. #ClipVol
   

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7. Five reasons why
   1. Growth rate
   

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8. Five reasons why
   1. Growth rate
   2. Green speed
   

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9. Five reasons why
   1. Growth rate
   2. Green speed
   3. Nutrient use and supply
   

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10. Five reasons why
    1. Growth rate
    2. Green speed
    3. Nutrient use and supply
    4. Consistency
    

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11. Five reasons why
    1. Growth rate
    2. Green speed
    3. Nutrient use and supply
    4. Consistency
    5. Topdressing
    

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12. 1. Growth rate
    

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13. Old Course, St. Andrews
    

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14. Kashima Soccer Stadium, Japan
    

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15. Royal Bangkok Sports Club
    

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16. Siam CC Plantation Course, Thailand
    

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18. photo courtesy of Evan Mascitti
    

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21. 2. Green speed
    

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22. greenkeeper Andrew McDaniel (@drumcturf) at Keya GC, Japan
    

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23. Keya GC, Japan
    

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28. Keya GC, Japan
    

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29. Keya GC, Japan
    

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32. Eric Reasor project, photo at Koshigaya GC, Saitama, Japan
    

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34. 3. Nutrient use and supply
    

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35. Nichino Ryokka research center at Chiba, Japan
    

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36. Chiba, Japan
    

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38. For bentgrass, with every 1 mL/m2, expect a dry matter harvest of
    0.06 g/m2.
    

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39. Then resupply as desired
    For example, 500 mL/m2 of bentgrass ≈ 1.2 g N/m2.
    And 0.6 g K/m2. And so on.
    

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41. 4. Consistency
    

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42. Augusta National GC, USA
    

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43. Keya GC, Japan
    

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48. 5. Topdressing
    

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49. Tifeagle, Thailand
    

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50. “41% of members and players complain that sanded greens play
    poorly, according to turf managers who participated in recent GCI
    research.”
    GCI Magazine—April 2018
    

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51. Kanto region, Japan
    

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56. Table 1: Annual clipping volume at that location from 2013 to 2016
    Year Volume Estimated dry weight N applied
    L/m2 g/m2 g/m2
    2013 4.4 266 NA
    2014 3.4 201 13
    2015 2.9 172 10
    2016 2.4 142 8.5
    

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57. 1. Growth rate
    2. Green speed
    3. Nutrient use and supply
    4. Consistency
    5. Topdressing
    

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58. www.asianturfgrass.com
    

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