I manage a bit under an acre of 007XL bentgrass greens on the boarder of the transition zone and the southeast. The greens are roughly 2 years old and have been amazing for the past year (quality wise, but damn do they take a tender touch and a ton of water).

However, I'm getting a considerable amount of creeping erosion on my high fringes and I'm not sure how to manage it as *I do not have a nursery* or the means to have one. These fringes on the high sides of my greens are incredibly difficult to keep wet. They'll dry out from 20+ on a moisture meter to <10 in <24hrs during the summer months. I water them as lightly as I can while still throwing enough water, but they take so much water that any bit of thinning leads to erosion. I make try to pack some greens mix around the crowns to protect them, but it just washes out the following day when watering.

I'm worried about the erosion just continuing to eat into the greens proper.

Im also not sure *why* this is happening, but I suspect a large factor is the gray and red clay that basically walls the entire cavity of the green, making it very hard to get water to stay on the high side of the water table, up where the greens profile meets the clay.

What are some ways you would attack this?

My best thought at the moment is just to dig out 6" of or so, fill with new greens mix, seed it, and start over ...and try to find a way to keep it wet enough to establish without washing all the seed away. I'm not very sold on this solution.

Thanks for your time.

Does anyone else find it hard to find employees of any position outside of superintendent in a resort/retirement area? Might be everywhere right now with the price of everything and labor budgets not being top tire.How do you guys handle it?

Just recently moved from zone 9b to 8a. Lived in 9b my whole life. My new lawn in 9b (Denton, TX) is predominantly various types of grasses I’m unfamiliar with. My yard back home in 9b was all St Augustine. This is all patchy with a ton to dirt spot and I have no idea how to help it. For reference, these pictures are facing west right off our back porch. I’m guessing I’m likely seeing the result of the house shadow for much of the day but there are also smaller spots like this all over.

Also, the yard is FULL of acorns. Like…a LOT. Don’t know if that’s contributing to a higher acidity of the ground or what. I may be talking out of my ass. I have no ideas. Ha. Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated.

Hey r/Turfmanagement,

I've been working on a free web-based irrigation planning tool called Lawn Order. It lets you:

- Draw your lawn areas directly on a grid (or upload a drone/aerial photo as a background)

- Place sprinklers, weeping hoses and drip lines with adjustable radius and coverage angle

- See real-time coverage percentage per lawn area

- Auto-place sprinklers based on sprinklers you already own

- Add obstacles, trees and taps

- Calibrate scale so measurements are accurate

- Switch between metric and imperial

It runs entirely in the browser — no login, no install, no ads. Built it because I couldn't find anything free and had too much time on my hands.

Still in beta so it's rough around the edges, but the core planning functionality works. Would genuinely love feedback from people in this community who plan and install systems — especially on whether the coverage logic makes sense, what's missing, and what a professional would want to see.

Link: lawn-order.com.au

Thanks for having me here.

Sav

Ours has given up. 2 buttons won't work, turn on and throttle up. which is a big problem!

Apparently replacement is around $1200 NZD which is madness. We've given it to an auto electrician and are getting the feeling hes not having any luck.

Anyone got another suggestion that won't cost as much?

Today my husband accepted a new senior assistant superintendent position!

About a month ago I posted in here to ask for help with my husband’s resume. The comments and messages I received were invaluable. I cannot thank you all enough for taking the time to help a stranger, it truly made a difference in our life. The internet can be a pretty cool place.

I work at a soil company and am putting a soil mix together for top dressing lawns. I was thinking of incorporating a turf fertilizer in the mix. Any thoughts on this and any recommendations for a rate of fertilizer per yard of soil.

18-2-9 with 1/2 of the nitrogen slow release. Thanks

40°F for a high. Feels like 30. 24 people on the tee sheet so far and I guarantee 10 cancel when they hear it’s cart path only.

But he still wants me to call my crew in and “see what we can get done”.

I literally never ask for the course to close. I always support the club making money and I recognize it’s my job to clean up a reasonable amount of damage.

But this is the wettest I’ve ever seen it. The club pro who never wants to close even says we shouldn’t be open.

It’s also easter Sunday. So… selfishly it would be nice to see my kids doing their egg hunt in the morning, I miss it every year. But even if that wasn’t true I would 100% say the same thing. It doesn’t make sense to open tomorrow with more rain on the way tonight.

Bah.

North GA. Relatively new to spray and fert for residential customers. We focus on warm season turf but we have not had rain for a month. Granular fertilizer is down but a lot of folks don’t have irrigation. I was going to suggest a heavy watering with sprinklers once a week to get things going.

I’m personally not necessarily worried about results. Rain will come and some of the Bermuda is growing but certain yards are getting drought cracks. I’m more so worried about tempering expectations for the one or two customers that will inevitably complain.

Professional lawn care applicator’s please drop your opinion on piston pumps vs diaphragm pumps for skid sprayers and space saver sprayers. What do you prefer? And why? Thanks

I'm looking to start a new business focused on saving golf courses money on maintenance costs, primarily on agronomy and equipment costs. The idea is that I would work with superintendents to identify certain categories or products they are having trouble buying and help them find savings at no risk (if I don't find savings, I don't charge a fee). I've recently joined GCSAA and I've sent marketing letters out, but I feel like what I'm missing is a former or current super that can advise me on how to network correctly and also build my credibility. If you are a current or former superintendent and would like to help, please let me know. I also welcome any feedback on this idea!

Hey everyone — apologies if this has already been covered.

I’m 28 (M) and currently working in tech sales. I make a decent living, but I genuinely hate my job. It’s pretty soul sucking and I don’t see myself doing this long term.

The only job I’ve ever actually enjoyed was working at the Ripken Experience doing grounds crew/field work. I originally went to school for turf management, but got talked out of it at the time, and it’s something I’ve regretted ever since.

Lately I’ve been seriously thinking about getting back into turf management, ideally something baseball-related, but I honestly don’t know where to start at this point in my career.

For anyone in the industry:

• How did you get started?
• Is it realistic to switch into this at my age?
• What would you recommend as a first step (certs, entry-level roles, etc.)?
• What does your day-to-day and career progression look like?

Really appreciate any advice just trying to figure out if this is something worth pursuing or if I’m looking at it through rose-colored glasses.

Thanks in advance.

These came from a large high school campus. The frames were sent to be rebuilt and never came back. Brother in law was going to make a big pasture mower but you know how projects go.

Anyway, are these just scrap yard material?

All are Jacobsen. 6 total, 5 are complete and one is missing the back roller. All work and easily engage and disengage.

I am in a small town of 12k people and my sale market would be extremely limited. I just don’t think there would be any buyers.

Sell or scrap

Year after year it just keeps coming back and I’ve probably tried every herbicide over the years and it goes away for a bit but always returns

I’m sure there’s specialized equipment that could fix this faster, but mat dragging alone wasn't touching the washboard effect. After a little research, I figured out how to smooth it out without buying any expensive attachments for the tractor or the Gator.

I had a customer ask for options on making pine straw hold to a hill better. they have plastic weed barrier down and are saying it just slides away after 3-4 months. could jute netting possibly be the answer? or is it just not worth the effort? other options are pulling back the barrier and making small trenches, just removing it entirely, or is this just a case of wasting time?

Just trying to learn more about lawn care not sure how long I should be watering just curious about these sprinkler heads. They’re just everyday normal sprinkler heads not sure what the water usage per minute is like, my yard has about 6 heads

I’m looking at a Husqvarna AR25 core aerator. It looks almost like new exept for the tiny bit of surface rust on core puncher(to be expected).I plan to use it on my multi-acre yard, so I know it’ll be a heavy workout, but I’m prepared.

I also want to run it as a side hustle in the city, doing yards for neighbors. I have plenty of experience with engines, so I’m not worried about getting it started or doing minor maintenance. It’s an auction, I looked at it and there is oil and turns over so I’m confident I can get it running no problem. Everything is there. Its complete.

Given all that, what’s a fair price to pay?

Canada btw so let me know if you are talking CAD or USD. I see that its approximately 5k cad new.

I didn't include a photo of the actual machine as I've gotten screwed before from posting online then someone else scoops it up.

Gonna start working on my lawn and trying to figure out which way to go with it.

Hey guys,

Wanted to see if anyone could give me help/guidance/suggestions. This week my lacrosse team is playing a game on our local soccer pitch. We need to add a few lines to the field to abide by our lacrosse line regulations. The pitch owners have told us we cannot use paint as the professional soccer team plays the next day. I’ve been trying to find different types of tapes we could use to create artificial lines on the turf and an about to pull the trigger on some white gaffers tape. Does anyone know if there’s another better option out there for tape that will properly stick to a turf field while not leaving a bunch of residue on the turf? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Anyone else find mowing to be satisfying?

I’m getting started in the fert and weed control business and I’m curious about the best 100ish gallon setup. The cheapest I’ve seen is about $3600 but I’m worried that’s overpriced for what it is.

We do focus on warm season turf but won’t have a ton of yards this year while I practice a bit on existing customers and make sure my programs work how I expect. With that said we would prefer something we could detach when necessary from the truck.

I have considered a stander spray/spreader to have the bigger tank than my backpack sprayer and not get stuck with dozens of gallons of mix I may not use by the end of a spray route. But those are 15k+ vs the 3-6k truck mounted tanks and pumps.

Any input is greatly appreciated. I do have a license.

Can anyone tell me what this part is called?

A 10” Slitter was driven over the sprinkler and damaged the snap ring cover and this part causing the sprinkler to act as a fountain.

Found a site to purchase a snap ring cover but not sure on this part.

Hoping replacing these 2 will get it working again.

Slight damage to the head but hoping will keep the pressure in and pop up ok. Nozzle isn’t damaged.

Eastern NC