Eric Watkins
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 10/13/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a video, an upcoming Minnesota legislature address and three articles.
Water Irrigation Audit - a video from the city of Woodbury, MN features Dan Sandor demonstrating how to conduct an irrigation audit on a home lawn.
Chase Straw will be addressing members of the Minnesota legislature on October 17, 2019 advocating for benefits to golf course superintendents who implement water conservation strategies.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media - 9/30/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a research report, new research results and a newspaper article.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media 5/9/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a research article, a research report, and an upcoming talk at a meeting.
Garett Heineck, Sam Bauer, Matt Cavanaugh, Andrew Hollman, Eric Watkins, and Brian Horgan co-authored “Variability in Creeping Bentgrass Cultivar Germinability as Influenced by Cold Temperatures” in the April 2019 edition of the Minnesota Golf Course Superintendent Association’s Hole Notes publication.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media 2/18/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work! We have a podcast and several upcoming presentations at regional conferences.
Parker Anderson was featured on the Frankly Speaking podcast on 02/11/2019. He discussed the Science of the Green Initiative, a research partnership between the USGA and the University of Minnesota, and the sustainability of golf.
University of Minnesota Turfgrass team in the media 2/8/19
Check out our team’s latest efforts in educating the public about our work. We have an upcoming presentation on irrigation from Dr. Dan Sandor and a research report with results from our Regional Optimization of Roadside Turfgrass Seed Mixtures project.
2018 Turfgrass Cultivar Data is posted
By Eric Watkins
Each year, the turfgrass research team at the University of Minnesota evaluates thousands of plots for turf performance. The summarized results from 2018 are now posted on our cultivar evaluation results page. Checking results from local turfgrass evaluations is an important part of purchasing turfgrass seed. I have briefly summarized some background information below on the rating and interpretation process to help you better understand these results.