Mike Richardson

Every year a super will call with a concern that their covers have been on a week or more. While I do not recommend this particular approach, this cover has been on our Lazer zoysia green since mid-December! Growing and no disease!! @HutchensWendell @USGAGrnSection

Actual low of 17 degrees this morning and predicted high of 87 by Saturday…70 degree swing in 5 days!! Gotta love mid-continent weather!!

Spring green up has a lot to do with winter snow cover. No snow = desiccation and biscuit brown. Snow = plant protection and early green grass.

@SheliaGCSAA You are welcome to visit!! You know my phone number!!

@ArkansasTurf Now I’m free to come visit!

Job WELL DONE, Shelia!! Wishing you all the best in the next stage of life!!

Great to be back at the Sierra Pacific Spring Symposium!! One of the best turf meetings in the country!! Well done!! 👏👏👏

@kdenuysturf @Cutler_A4 I think we are going to be fine in our immediate region, as the coldest temperatures were also accompanied by snow cover…

@Cutler_A4 @ArkansasTurf what are your thoughts on bermuda at this point?

The windowsill of 1,000 superintendents in the transition zone currently.

@GCIMagazineGuy One of my favorite places in the USA…nothing growing there except the grasses! Maybe a golf course but water would be an issue…

Gobs of calming gypsum … White Sands National Park in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Imagine the golf course that could be routed through this magical dunescape.

Great weekend at ⁦@GastonsResort⁩ !! Fishing with friends is the world’s best medicine!!

@KCseaweed @conquertheno @td_nash JD has a serious mullet game…

@conquertheno @td_nash It’s no contest, it’s Joe Dirt🤷‍♂️

Who has the best Mullet out of these 9?

Same question I ask every time I see you…where’s Kristie?😉

@golfsuper1992 @engineeringolf @timmmess @TheGrassOutlet Yeah, but I can’t explain it in the confines of X! It is a fun story to tell…

@engineeringolf @timmmess @TheGrassOutlet Ironically, my friend and turf professor at U of Arkansas @ArkansasTurf did a study on this a few years back that he won’t let me forget about.

Tour players will arrive at venues and often have to tweak their carry numbers (and sometimes equipment) due to turf conditions. Firm turf = low on the face = lower, spinnier shots. Might need diggier irons. Soft perched up lies = high on the face = higher lower-spin shots. Might need more bounce.

@3sticksCGCS Not sure about the taste of the meat, but highly nutritious! much more than grasses…

@ArkansasTurf Curious how the nutritional content might differ from grass, and other feed? Does it affect how the beef taste when processed?

I always thought this plant was underutilized for forage. Aggressive-growing legume? What is not to like? If breeders could figure out how to knock out the "climbing" mechanism, this plant would be excellent across the south...

@Adam_Russell5 It is actually an amazing plant that I worked with a little in Louisiana…excellent forage for cattle, goats, and pigs!!

@ArkansasTurf My solution for world hunger is kudzu plus Asian carp.

@GolfFourSeasons Also a perfect speed!!

@ArkansasTurf Cruising around at 3 mph is my happy place lately

I have come to realize that 10 mph is actually a really nice speed for travelling life...slow down and you will see the little things!!

Proud of these @UarkTurf students last week at the @GCSAA conference and trade show. They participated in the Turf Bowl, networked, and represented themselves very well! Huge thanks to @MVGCSA1 @GolfSupersofAR and Shadow Valley CC for providing support for their trip!