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Sports Turf Managers Assnciafion Chapter. This year chaptermembers, led by Mike Mcloonald, CSFtvI, will gather to improvethe condition of our of America's ballfields. Snowflakes fall.

Last month we detailed Dr. Andrew rvIcNitt's research at PermStolte on mfilled synthetic turf systems. That project, endorsed bythe SAFE Foundation, will provide much needed guidance onthe performance of mfilled systems in varying conditions. Moresnowflakes fall.The SAFE Foundation has established a review committee to

assess what projects to endorse, In fact, we have recentlly endorseda second project, "Athletic Field Establishment," led by PamSherratt at Ohio State. While we would prefer to invest financiallyin sportsturf research, we can offer our stamp of approval. Moresnowflakes.

As snowflakes continue to fall, we will be able to form a snow-ball. Once that snowball begins to roll downhill, watch out!

It may be a year or two before SAFE IS an established leader insportsturf research and education. When we "arrive" on the"research and education scene," we will be able to determinewhat problems need solutions. SAF]~was founded to be a clear-inghouse for finding solutions to these problems.

The SAFE Foundation encourages any effort, small or large,that improves ballfield conditions, Service projects like those ofthe Minnesota STMA. Chapter ore wonderful. At the same time, itwould he nice to have Luge efforts like research projects thatimpact thousands of fields. These larger projects require the coor-dinated efforts and finances of l11<1nyindividuals. The SAFEFoundation will continue fund-raising efforts that will enable largeprojects geared toward sportsturf specific research and education.Vv'e believe that research and education initiatives will have thegreatest impact on America's ballficlds

As a collective group of concerned professionals, our impact isdirectly related to the Impact each of us makes as individuals.Snowflakes in June lead to snowballs in August. As nonsensical assnow III summer lllay sound, the SAFE Foundation is forceilstinga few more snowflakes,

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STMA in Action

BY BOYD MONTGOMERY, CSFM

The Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association (OSTMA) Chapter held its first Clientfor 20U3 on April ]4. The event was billed as a hands on athletic field paintingclinic and it did nol disappoint. About 42 OSTl'vlA members and non-members

participated in the clinic. There were three stations set up for this event: logo paintinghI' Jeff LImburg (Toledo Mud Hens), field lilllIlg by Darian Daily (Columbus Crew),and tricks of the track by Brian Hall (Sylvania Recreation). Participants got to demon-strate hands on pamting techniques in both JetT's and Darien's demonstrations andlearned many "innovative ideas" to help in the painting of multiple fields from Brian

The day ended with a panel discussion with Daily, Limburg, BoydMontgomery, CSFM, (Sylvania Recreation), and Brian Gimbel (Ohio StateUniversity). The weather cooperated also, providing Northwest Ohio with itsfirst 70-plus degree day of the year! ST

STMA Chapter NewsThe Greater LA Basin Chapter of the Sports Turf

Managers Association: TIle Chapter will meet at 11 AiViJune 4 at Big League Dreams in Chino Hills for a minifield day, facilities tour, general meeting, softball challenge,and lunch, Next on the calendar is a General Meeting andNominations for 2004 Board members to be heldSeptember 11 at 2 Pi\'1 at Mt. San Antonio College. Thespeaker for this event will be announced soon.

For information on the Chapter or pending events, callSteve Dngas, California State University - Fullerton, at 714-278-3929 or email ,dllg~.\@fnllerton.cdu.

Tennessee, Doug Callant from the Reds, and Pam Sherruttfrom OSU. Afternoon events will include a tour of theCreat American Ballpark and of Paul Brown Stadium,home of the Cincinnati Bcngals.

The Chapter's Golf Outing will be held July 22 atApple Valley Golf Club in cclluboration with the OLCA,

For information 011 the Chapter, or upcoming events,call OSTwV\ Hendqunrters at 888-824-9805 01419-824-9805 or Boyd Montgomery, CSFI\'l, at 419-885-1982; orvisit the chapter's website at www.ostma.org.

Cateway Chapter Sports TllrfM:magers Association:The Gateway and Me-Ken Chapters of the STMA, in asso-ciation with the University of Missouri, will present the firstever MU Sports'Turf Field Day June II at the MllTurfgrass Research Center in Columbia, MO. Please seethe Mo-Kan Chapter block for additional details.

For infonnation on the Gateway Chapter, or upcomingevents, call Mike Krone, Missouri Baptist College, 314-392-2328 or email kronecamobapedu.

1\10-KAN Sports Turf Managers Association: TheMO_Kt\i\r and Gateway Chapters of the STi\'L\, in associa-tion with the University of Missouri, will present the firstever MU SportsTurf Field Day June 11 at the MUTurfgrass Research Center in Columbia, MO, Registrationbegins at 8:30, with sessions from 9-3. The Field Day willconcentrate only on sportsturf related research activities atthl.: I'vlUTllrfgrass Research Center indllding: skinned

Ohio Sports Turf Managers Assul;iation (OSTMA):The Ohio Chapter will hold a Summer Field Day in con-junction with the Kentucky Chapter at thc Cincinnati RedsCreat American Ballpark in Cincinnati June 10. Speakerswill include: Lynda \Vightman from Hunter Industries,STM-\ President Bob Campbell Iroin the University of

Kentucky Sports Turf Managers Association: TheChapter will join in a joint meeting with the Ohio ChapterJune 10 at the Crear American Ballpark in Cincinnati,Ohio, home of tile Cincinnati Reds.

For information all the chapter or upcoming events,contact Tom Nielsen at '[Nielsencpbatsbaseball.com orA;Jron Boggs at AVBoggs@nelscape.net.

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infield materials, preliminary results of the benlludagrassovcrscedmg and transition trials and more. au will havethe opportunity 10 share Ideas with Sports Turf 1vLmagcrsfrom St. Louis and surrounding areas as we tour a numberof Ml l athletic facilities in the afternoon. AmlIlgem~'ntsarc bcing made for optional Motorcoach lmnsportationfrom Kansas City to Columbia The Chapter's Fall FieldD;Jy, Sept. 10, will focus on strategies for High Use, LowBudget Fields, More details will be announced soon. Forinformation on the MO-KAN S'I'1\t-\ Chapter, or upcom-ing events, call Jody Cill at 913-239-4121 orICill2@bv229.kl2hll.l.

Colorado Sports 'Iurf Managers Association: TheChapter will hold a Seminar june 19 at Sky Sox Stadiumin Colorado Springs. Attendees will have the option oftak-ing in a ballgame following tile seminar. An August eventis in the works at Hughes Stadium of Colorado StateUniversity in Fort Collins The World FamousLawnmower Man Open will be held at Heritage at thewestmore GolfCOllf',e July 22 For infornwtioIJ outheColorado Chapler, or upcoming activities, visit theChapter's wehsile, www.CS·I·ivlA.org.orcall tile CST,'vV\Chapter Hotline at 303-340-89:;4,or contaclChapler President Phil t'v1cQuade at 303-237-7188 or pmcquade@jeffco}12.co.lls.

Iowa Sports Turf ManagErs Association:1STiYL\ will hold its Iowa Cubs I:laseball\Vorkshop at Sec Taylor Stadium in Des I\'ioine~junc 24. Observation of Pre-Game prEparationsstarts at 10f\,\'1. GamE iime is 12:05, with post-gamc observation to follow. For infomlation onthc Chapter, contact Jeff Wendel of'l'he TiJrfOffice at tel. 515-232-8222, or fax 51 5-232-8228,or co-mail: Teff@iowahlffgrass.org

KeystonE Athletic Field l"lanagersOrganization (KAFMOISTMA): The K.Wl\-1OSports Turf Managers' School will he held June23-25 at LebanQIl Valley College in Annville,Thc School will provide classroom and hands-on sessions about baseball infield mainten;lllce and rello-vation, turf nlanagement, aeration techniques, overseed-iug, soil biology and fcrtility, and much more For infor-luatiOIl on thc K-\FMO/STlvV\ Chapter or upcomingevents, contact Dan Douglas, Reading Phillies fhseballClub, at tcL 610-375-8469, ext. 212; or e-mail to:bfTTlo@aol.com.

1\'lichigan Sports Tmf .i\-1anagers A~sociation(MiSTMA): Thc Ch;]pter will hold its Annual Ivketingam] Ficld Day June: 26 at Birmingham Puhlic Schools.Rob C:Jrson, Sports Tmf Manager, will host this evcnt.This year's tllCTlH;is thc fivc fundamental cultural prac-tices: 1ll0\\,illg, fertili~.ation, irrigation, aeration and top-dressing. There also will be :J tom of thc facilities includ-ing Groves and Seaholm High School Fields andStadiullls.

For mfonllatiml Oll tire Ch:Jptcr or pending events,contact MiSTMA Head(Jllarters :Jt:; 17-712-3407, or emailAmy Fouty, Universily of Ivlichi gall, at fouty@umich.edu,or go to www.mistma,org.

Wisconsin Sports Turf J\'lanager~ A.'isociation: TheChapter is planning a major event for July 11 Momingsessi01l.l will be held at St. Norbert College. Tile afternooneleuts will be held at the legendal), Lamhean Field. Formore information on tlle Chapter, or other pemlingevents, cuntact Chris Brindky at 715-346--3622 orcbrilldle@ul'.-sp.edu.

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Minnesota Chapter STl\-tA: The Minnesota andIowa Chapters will hold their annual Chapter Clash July11-12. This yem the events will take place in MinnesotaTIle i'vlN Chapter's unnual Tour on Wileels will be heldAugu~t 13 :Jnd will again incorporate a St. Paul Saintsgame. For information on the Chapter, or upcomlllgevents, contact Jeff Hintz, Bethel College & Seminary, St.Paul, Minnesota at tel. 651-638-6075 or e-mail: J-hintz@betllcl,cdu,

Virginia Sports Turf Managers Association. 'l 'heChapter will meet July 15-16 at the University of Virginia.Join tire "Tailgate Reception" July 15 from 6-9 Pt'vl for alour of UV's Scott Stadium and Harrison Field and theHarrison Field reconstruction presentation Registrationfor the july 16 Field Day begins at 7 I\,Vl at DavenportField. Educational sessions and demonstrations rim from8---4.snlA President, Bob Campbell, CSFrvc will be thefeatured xpeaker. For information on the Virginia Chapter,or other upcoming events, contact: Bob Studltolme,F'airfax Count)' Park Authority via e-mail:Robert.Stmlholme@FairfaxCounty.govorat703/324-8590.

Tennessee Valley Sports Tnrf Managcrs Association(TVSTMA): "111eChapter will meet at Bellevue BaptistChurch in Memphis July 18, In the pLlllllillg stage,s is anAugust evcnt at the Tennessee Titall.S Facility in Nashville.

for information 011 the Chapter, or upcoming evel\L~,call Chaptcr Pre~ident, Bob Elliott, Tieco, at 800-239-9547 or Gknn Lucas at 800-837-8062; email toGleuu@tvstma.org, or visilthe chapler's website:www.tvstma.org.

Florida Chapter II LThe Cllapler will [lleel at theSeminole Indians facility in Hollywood July 22. Educationwill include: Prcparing fields for Year-Round Baseball and1rrigatioll Design for Sports Turf.

For lll[onuation on the florida Chapter, or pending~cti\!ities, cOlltad John !Vlascaro at 954-341-3115 orSTrvlA®Turf-Tec.conl.

Nebraska Spurts Turf 1\lanagers Association: ThcChapter will p,ulicipate iu tlK' UNL Fidd Day July 22beginning ,It 9 ,'\1\"- Adivitit''; will indude a tour of theUNL facilities and Haymarket Park ami educ:Jtional ,es-siom with UNL speakers. Lundl will be :;en'ed at ai\-Iemorial Stadium SkyBox. Pre-registration is required.

For mformation on the Nebraska Chapler, or upcom-ing events, call Loren Humphrey at: 402.-461-2324 oremail to lhllll1phrey@cityofiJastiIlgs.org,

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Association: The Chapter will hold its second AnnualSafeoo FiEld Day Allgust 19. Rotating stations willinstruct participants in turf management, infield mainte-nance, and facility management, More details will beannounced 500n For information on the chapter ornpcommg events, contact in \Vashington, Jay Warnick atJayW@Seahawks.com or in Oregon, Mike Wagner atMWagner@Oregon.UOregon.edll

Sports Turf Managers Association of Arizona: Forinformation on the chapter, or upcoming events, contactChris Calcaterra at e-mail chrisc@peorian.col1l or tel.623-412-4231 or Bill Murphv, at e-mailbmnrphy@ci.scottsclale.a7.llS or tel 480-31 2-7956.

Northern California Cha.pter of tile Sports TurfManagers Association: The (Ihaptcrs Annual Serninnron Wheels will he held in late August. Please emailEmory j lunter at emhnntercj'usanetif you have ques-tions or sl1gge~tions about this program.

For information all the Nor-Cal Chapler, or pendingevents, call Janet Gift at 530-758-4200.

Southern California Chapter: For informa-tion on lhe Southern California Chapler, orpending activities, call Michael Tarantino at858--679-2526 or :rvITarantino@powayusd.com.

Georgia Sports Turf 1Ianager~Association: For information on Ihe chapler orupcoming events, contact Lori Turek at 771)..:;09-3663 or gastma@carthlink.net.

lndian:l Chapter: For information on theChapter, or pcnding activitics, contact StanMoserip, Indiana University, at 812-856-2256 orslTloscrip@india n~. crlu.

l'vfid-Atlantie Athlctic Ficld J\;fanagersOrgani7.ation (MAFJ\-tO Chapter STMA): ForinfOTTnBtion on the Chapter, or other pendingadivitie~, c~lltllC Hotline at 866-818-3873 or

email NickGamlllill.CSFM.at1Igalnmill@aIIlericml.edu,

Midwe~t Chapter STMA: For mforlllalioll 011 theChapter, or pending aclivitie~, visit the Cklpter's wtbsite,hllp:mcstma.orgl, or call Libby Baker at 847-2G3-7(j03 oremail Bake60ft6in@aol,colll.

Sport~ Field Mallager~ Association of New Jer~ey:For information on the Chapter, or upcoming evellh;, callSFl\'lANJ al 908-730·7770 or Eleanora Mmfitt at 908-236--9118; or e-maillo HQ@sfmanJ.org.

North Texas Sports Turf Mallagers Association: Forinformation on the Chapter, or pending activities, COll-

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South lcxas Sports Turf Managers Association: Forinformation Oll the Chapter, or upcoming cvcnts, contactTim Loesch at 210-207-3734 orTLoesclj@aLmlOdoI[le.cOIll,

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Who is on first?

Bob has some great questions, but r want-ed some additional information before Igot bnsy typing him a response I found

out that Bub's field is Tifway (419) hybridbermudagrass that IS not overseeded. Mostyears the "freeze line" doe, not go as En southas Central Florida, but I occasionally see highschool and college fields overseeded 111 theOrlando area as well as even further south. Thereason given is to provide the same striping thatis commonly seen on big-league ballpark fields.

Bob's fields are well drained and the sandysoil is not prone to compaction. This is not toouncommon for much of Florida. Along with nice weather, it seems we weregl\/en another break with our predominantly sandy soils. The last bit of addi-tional information T sought was related to Bob's irrigation system, Theresponse was positive. "I have adequate irrigation."

With Florida's sandy soils, a good irrigation system is needed to mamtamhealthy turf during dry periods. It is not unusual for our soil's field capacitymoisture content to be 8 percent. With actively growing turf, it does not takelong to pull enough w<Jterout of tlle rootzone so th.'lt you are left with droughtshessed turf.

I thought Ihad all the mformation at tIllS point to answer Bob's questionintelligently and then a thought occurred to me. "Why is he verticutting?" Bobis almost two hours south of me, \-Vhile the bennudagrass in my area !tas 1Iotyet reached iLsmaximum growth rate, Bob's has probably got a 3-weck heallstart. Most of the time Isuggest verticutting to either (a) thin out overseededgrasses or (b) reduce thatch in bennudagrass. Since Bob did not overseed, thenhe mmlneed to remove some excess LhaLch.It is best to remove thatch whenthe grass is actively growing since this can be a sign incant stress on the turf.Given the location of the field then this may be an acceptable time to com-mence with the dethatchmg.

The question of when to aerify c<Jnbe answered similarly to when to verti-cut. Aerification of ben nuda grass fields usually is jnstified for two reasons. Thefirst IS to encourage overseeded grasses to begin transitioning and secondly, to

Ocr baseball season is obolrt over and 1 havenot quite a rHon/h before we start summer boee-batt. Is there is an)' order as to which shouldcome firsl, vetticuning or aeri(ica!ioH, or does itmailer? Also, C(//1 I do both righl behind eachother or is there a time period required betweenthem71 also plan 10 do some topdressing. In thepas/l have used clean sand to topdress. Is that-all right or do you have another suggestion forour sandy Florida soils?

Boh tv/c:CullollfjhHead BasebaU Coach

Lyman High SchoolLongwood, FL

50 June 2003

, alleviate compaction. This field was not over-seeded so the justification was to ullcviutc com-

," paction. Ialways tell people the best time toaerify IS whenever they can. Athletic fields arenotoriously overused so cultural practices suchas acrificarion have to be fit III between events.Sounds like Bob is on the right track trymg tofit aerification (and verticutting) III betweentwo baseball seasons.

The question of the order between the twocultural practices may be a signit,c;mt questionIII some circumstances and not in others.There arc at least a couple of equipment corn-panies that have developed these supermachines that can accomplish multiple cultur-al practices with one pass. Some can aenfy,verticut. and vacuum at the same time. Theonly signific<JTltdownfall of these pieces ofequipment rs price. While they may very wellbe cheaper than buying three pieces of equip-ment, the cost of these multiple-use machinesmay be more than some can handle.

So if you are like Bob, you have two piecesof equipment, which should you do first? Icould think of at least two scenarios that couldinfluence the order. Aerify first and the soilsurface is softer and more prone to surface dis-ruptions, To put a tractor back over the surfaceto verticut can cause rutting from the tractor's

weight. On the other hand, once you aerifv you can use your vcrtieutting tochop up your uerification cores you brought to the surface. If you verticutusing a triplex mower then the weight IS not <.1 significant factor.

From the grass' perspective Ido not think it really matters. Which is whyyou can do these practices right behind each other. What matters rs that theirrigation system works so that you can ungate the fields in the days followingthese cultivation practices. Both aerificution unrl verticutting tend to dry alltthe soil from the increased light exposure and air movement II1 the soil, alongwith the desiccation brought on through severing the turf shoots and roots.TIle turf may need some extra irngntion w:Jter applied to prevent excessive des-iccation of the turf while it is overcoming the shess.

.A,;, for the topdressing question, Iwould suggest that topdressing sandshould be physically and chemically very similar to the existing soil unless theintent is to modi~' the soil profile. If the cle;l1l s<Jmlhas been workillg welllllthe p3st, I see no reason to change. BT

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Have Question?Send them 10 Grady Miller at the University of Florida. PO Box 1l06'70.Gainesville. FL 32611, or email gmiller@mail.ifas,ufLedu. Or, send Ihemto Dave Minner 01 Iowa Stale Universily, 106 Horticulture Hall, Ames. IA50011, or email dminner@iaslale.edu,

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