The Nuance of Growing Degree Day Calculations

The Nuance of Growing Degree Day Calculations

By Bill Kreuser, PhDFor twelve years now, I’ve been talking and writing about using growing degree day (GDD) models to schedule plant growth regulator (PGR) applications. But GDD models have many other uses in turf management. For example, there are models to predict...
SOIL TESTING INTERPRETATION IS BROKEN 

SOIL TESTING INTERPRETATION IS BROKEN 

By Doug Soldat, PhD The old saying goes “don’t guess, soil test”. The thought behind this axiom is that soil testing can prevent unnecessary applications of fertilizer that would’ve been applied if not for the soil test. This is probably true in some cases; but EIFG’s...