Testing the climatic boundaries of Coachella, Presidio and 8 of our next generation hybrid bermudagrasses in New Mexico at high elevation. TifTuf and Tahoma 31 included for comparison. Christian S. Bowman Marta Pudzianowska Wendell Egelhoff

Take your pup to work day. Lucy helping me rate SDS fungicide trial Bob Vaughey CGCS, MG Different species of causal agent in SoCal vs. NorCal. Posterity worked very well here. DMIs not as good. GCSASC ⛳ San Diego GCSA Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️ SNGCSA GCSANC Sierra Nevada GCSA GCSACC Syngenta Turf US

Thank you BEST® Fertilizer Simplot Turf & Horticulture for the much needed donation to our turf program. 🐶 not included! GCSASC ⛳ San Diego GCSA Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️ SNGCSA Sierra Nevada GCSA GCSACC GCSANC

Don’t need digital image analysis to report Coachella & Presidio recovered faster than Santa Ana & TifTuf. Glyphosate 16 oz/A on semi-dormant turf Jan. 19. All cvs. tolerant to pronamide & simazine. West Coast Turf GCSASC ⛳ San Diego GCSA Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️ GCSANC SNGCSA Sierra Nevada GCSA

Seeding a new bentgrass trial with the top performers from trials in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Truckee. Pure Distinction, Pure Eclipse, 007XL, Piper, Oakley. GCSASC ⛳ San Diego GCSA Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️ SNGCSA GCSANC GCSACC Sierra Nevada GCSA

Now I’m ready to gain these calories back GCSAA #GCSAACONFERENCE hospitality rooms Envu Golf US Syngenta Turf US PBI-Gordon Turf CIVITAS TURF DEFENSE GCSASC ⛳ GCSANC SNGCSA Sierra Nevada GCSA GCSACC Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️ San Diego GCSA Cactus and Pine GCSA

Final research trip of 2023. Bentgrass cv. trial. Several great new ones, but if I had to pick one, it’s PST-OMRN followed closely by Piper, 007XL, Pure Eclipse, & Pure Distinction (in no order). My assistant agrees! T1, 007, & PST-OMRN are darkest now. New 007XL practice green.

Las Vegas is the Holy Grail of bermudagrass winter color retention in the SW. Obviously, we’re not there, yet but TifTuf is the most ‘green’ among commercial cvs. & UCR genotypes. Not surprisingly, Tahoma 31 & Latitude 36 are very dormant considering winter survival breeding obj.

Nematodes don’t take holidays, but researchers do get thirsty. GCSANC GCSACC SNGCSA Sierra Nevada GCSA GCSASC ⛳ Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️ San Diego GCSA

Becoming quite obvious that #Anguina nematodes don’t like this new product, which apparently I STILL cannot talk about 😎. Just look at the damage surrounding this plot. Syngenta Turf US Joe Ballmer GCSANC GCSACC OGCSA Paweł Orliński Sandra Glegoła

Final? app in 2-yr Poa control trial comparing spring v. fall v. spring & fall apps of Suk-Jin Koo & cumyluron. Proof will come in winter/spring when Poa more visible. 2 yrs of keeping cups outside of plots. That’s why I keep coming back to Larry Johnson & NRCC. Great cooperator.

We’ve crunched all the numbers and a progress report is forthcoming as soon as I can stop traveling for a little while. Today’s ratings substantiate that Piper is winning Lake Merced Golf Club Matt Dachowski GCSANC GCSACC Sierra Nevada GCSA SNGCSA GCSASC ⛳ San Diego GCSA Hi-Lo Desert GCSA ⛳️

#Anguina nematode damage is getting worse, but look at the experimental product applied above and below control plot (pen). That’s just one application. 😊 GCSANC @gcsacc OGCSA Syngenta Turf US Joe Ballmer

Felt REALLY old among 20 Colorado Buffaloes students CycleBar but I guess I’m not as old as I feel. Time to get ready to discuss products for water conservation and salinity management. “This product is so good, it didn’t need any research!” RMGCSA

Two proud students of Dr. Jackie Butler and alumni of Colorado State Rams 🐏 turf program. Jack D. Fry, Ph.D. PhD ‘87. Jim Baird BS ‘85. RMGCSA

The Turf Conference speaking circuit has begun! Checking out our Poa control research at Las Campanas GC before heading back to conference in Albuquerque.

75+ days without irrigation or rainfall. Experimental UCR bermudagrass accessions about 4-5 years from release if all goes well. Long live turfgrass! MWD of SoCal Western Water (Western Municipal Water District) Christian S. Bowman Marta Pudzianowska USGA Green Section

This is, was, will always be THE UCR Turfgrass Program.