Micah Woods
@micahwoods.com
Turfgrass scientist, Asian Turfgrass Center and PACE Turf, asianturfgrass.com & paceturf.org #MLSN, #ClipVol, #OM246, #TurfTourism
I'm keeping a list of upcoming university turfgrass field days at the PACE Turf website. But I only add events that I know about. Please share upcoming events with me so I can make the list as complete as I can. Thank you!
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January 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I'm keeping a list of upcoming university turfgrass field days at the PACE Turf website. But I only add events that I know about. Please share upcoming events with me so I can make the list as complete as I can. Thank you!
New on the ATC website, highlighting one of Andrew McGuire's excellent blog posts. This one is about soil biology.
Imaginary problems | Asian Turfgrass Center
Don’t overthink your soil biology writes Andrew McGuire in a blog post with that title. I recommend you read the entire article. I’ll include a few quotes here. He notes three common errors around…
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January 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
New on the ATC website, highlighting one of Andrew McGuire's excellent blog posts. This one is about soil biology.
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🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Research words, a new Turf Twitter analysis, and tropical grasses with Maggie Reiter. Show page with all the links here:
Research words, a new Turf Twitter analysis, and tropical grasses with Maggie Reiter
Maggie Reiter joined me to discuss her "Finding Turf Twitter" analysis,...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:46 AM
🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Research words, a new Turf Twitter analysis, and tropical grasses with Maggie Reiter. Show page with all the links here:
Brand new #ATC2x episode with @johnkaminski.me
🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Flights & turf photos with Dr. John Kaminski. Show page with all the links here:
Flights & turf photos with Dr. John Kaminski
Dr. Kaminski joined me from his sabbatical in Australia to discuss...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Brand new #ATC2x episode with @johnkaminski.me
On my personal site: baseball, sake, and a snow man.
Oishi sake | Micah Woods: the official site
I enjoyed watching Shohei Ohtani’s performance in Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS. In a postgame interview, Ohtani suggested celebrating with a delicious drink. I was on a business trip at the time, and…
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January 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
On my personal site: baseball, sake, and a snow man.
On my personal site, these are the books I read in 2025. #TurfReads
Books I read in 2025 | Micah Woods: the official site
These are the books I read in 2025. I’ve included a few notes. Camino Ghosts, by John Grisham. Every time I read a Grisham book I’m reminded of what a page-turner A Time to Kill was, and of the many…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
On my personal site, these are the books I read in 2025. #TurfReads
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🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: If soil is above #MLSN, add only N?. Show page with all the links here:
If soil is above #MLSN, add only N?
This episode answers that question with how I recommend doing this. For...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Photo posts listed by year. #TurfTourism
Flight maps and photos by year | Asian Turfgrass Center
I’ve been selecting some of my favorite photos each year since 2015. This post lists those all in one place. There are photos of tournaments, parks, lawns, stadiums, machines, driveways, temples,…
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December 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Photo posts listed by year. #TurfTourism
Some favorite photos from 2025, plus a flight map. #TurfTourism
Flights and favorite turf photos of 2025 | Asian Turfgrass Center
Every year I take a lot of turfgrass photos. These are some of my favorites from 2025. First, however, my flight map for the year. I also make a lot of charts every year, and I especially enjoy…
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December 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Some favorite photos from 2025, plus a flight map. #TurfTourism
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🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Top 10 posts of 2025 holiday extravaganza with Joe Gulotti. Show page with all the links here:
Top 10 posts of 2025 holiday extravaganza with Joe Gulotti
Joe Gulotti joined me to give the doublecut treatment to the top posts...
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December 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Top 10 posts of 2025 holiday extravaganza with Joe Gulotti. Show page with all the links here:
Here's the top 10 posts from the ATC blog in 2025. #TurfReads
The top 10 posts of 2025 | Asian Turfgrass Center
These posts had the most views in 2025. They are on a nice balance of topics: fertilizer, clipping volume, the Turf GvX, playability, tournament conditions, sands, and water. Here they are.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Here's the top 10 posts from the ATC blog in 2025. #TurfReads
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🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Nutrient recommendations when clippings are removed vs. returned. Show page with all the links here:
Nutrient recommendations when clippings are removed vs. returned
When grass clippings are returned to the turf, the quantity of nutrients...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Nutrient recommendations when clippings are removed vs. returned. Show page with all the links here:
Registration is now open for the Thai GCSA's Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia 2026 conference, March 9 to 11 in Pattaya. #TurfTourism
Registration form | Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia 2026
To register for the Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia 2026 conference: Download the registration form Fill out the form with your information Return the completed form to the Thai GCSA
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December 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Registration is now open for the Thai GCSA's Sustainable Turfgrass Management in Asia 2026 conference, March 9 to 11 in Pattaya. #TurfTourism
New on the ATC website about why I don't use the #TurfGvX to identify the sand topdressing rate.
GvX and sand | Asian Turfgrass Center
A correspondent wrote with a question about sand topdressing amounts in relation to the turf GvX.
“I’m hoping you’d be able to point me in the direction of finding something on sand inputs vs.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New on the ATC website about why I don't use the #TurfGvX to identify the sand topdressing rate.
New #ATC2x episode
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Soil test values are usually expressed in units of concentration, such as ppm (mg/kg). Here's what they work out to expressed as years of plant use.
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Soil test values are usually expressed in units of concentration, such as ppm (mg/kg). Here's what they work out to expressed as years of plant use.
Soil nutrient values in units of "years of use" rather than units of ppm | The ATC Doublecut with Micah Woods | Episode 189
The #MLSN method for nutrient recommendations involves an MLSN value that the soil is not supposed to drop below. But what does this value mean, when converted from the usual units of ppm (mg/kg) to…
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December 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
New #ATC2x episode
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Soil test values are usually expressed in units of concentration, such as ppm (mg/kg). Here's what they work out to expressed as years of plant use.
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Soil test values are usually expressed in units of concentration, such as ppm (mg/kg). Here's what they work out to expressed as years of plant use.
New on the ATC website about nutrient recommendations when clippings are returned. #MLSN
Nutrient recommendations with clippings removed or with clippings returned | Asian Turfgrass Center
This question arrived recently: How do you estimate soil nutrient depletion and provide a recommendation if clippings are being returned? Example: lawns or roughs. That’s a good one. See “How to get…
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December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New on the ATC website about nutrient recommendations when clippings are returned. #MLSN
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🎙️ Just published a new episode of ATC Office Hours: Autumn #OM246 review: 7 year timeline with Chris Tritabaugh. Have a listen:
Autumn #OM246 review: 7 year timeline with Chris Tritabaugh
Chris Tritabaugh and I share and comment on the latest #OM246 test...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of ATC Office Hours: Autumn #OM246 review: 7 year timeline with Chris Tritabaugh. Have a listen:
Instead of #MLSN values in ppm (mg/kg), here's what this quantity of nutrients works out to when expressed as number of years it would take the grass to use those nutrients. #TurfMath
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Soil nutrients and extra beer | Asian Turfgrass Center
This is about the quantity of nutrients in reserve, the quantity of nutrients in the soil that the grass doesn’t use, when one keeps the soil nutrients at or above the MLSN values.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Instead of #MLSN values in ppm (mg/kg), here's what this quantity of nutrients works out to when expressed as number of years it would take the grass to use those nutrients. #TurfMath
www.asianturfgrass.com/post/soil-nu...
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🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: How to make greens soft, and the opposite, making soft greens harder. Show page with all the links here:
How to make greens soft, and the opposite, making soft greens harder
This episode explains the steps I'd take to change greens from too hard...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: How to make greens soft, and the opposite, making soft greens harder. Show page with all the links here:
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Brand new #TurfWB episode 11: Abbey Hill Golf Centre with Craig Wyatt (England). Listen here:
Abbey Hill Golf Centre with Craig Wyatt (England)
Craig Wyatt is the Golf Course Manager at Abbey Hill Golf Centre in...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Brand new #TurfWB episode 11: Abbey Hill Golf Centre with Craig Wyatt (England). Listen here:
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Done my best to summarise a tragic situation:
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Special report: Floods devastate Hat Yai and other parts of Southern Thailand
The flood situation in Southern Thailand's largest city and several other districts has become desperate after a week of nearly nonstop rain.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Done my best to summarise a tragic situation:
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🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Sand quantity as depth, and a suggestion to measure sand application rates. Show page with all the links here:
Sand quantity as depth, and a suggestion to measure sand application rates
Expressing sand quantities as a depth makes communication easier. But to...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🎙️ Just published a new #ATC2x episode: Sand quantity as depth, and a suggestion to measure sand application rates. Show page with all the links here:
Here's a lawn that got a lot of care in 2023, then has gotten only what it needed (mowing) for the next two years. Have a look at it in this 2025 year in review. #TurfTourism
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Nathan's lawn episode 6: 2025 year-in-review
Nathan and I had a talk at the start of 2025 about how the lawn might be maintained. What ended up happening was no fertilizer at all. Turns out none was necessary this year. Lawn was mown as needed.…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Here's a lawn that got a lot of care in 2023, then has gotten only what it needed (mowing) for the next two years. Have a look at it in this 2025 year in review. #TurfTourism
youtu.be/i1w-eiIFRdo
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Final scheduled business trip of 2025 @o2ej.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Final scheduled business trip of 2025 @o2ej.bsky.social
Video and podcast links for ATC Office Hours episode 18 with guests Martin Nilsson, Thomas Pihl, and Mads Andersen joining from Denmark to discuss pesticide-free turf management.
Office Hours about pesticide-free turf management | Asian Turfgrass Center
Episode 18 of ATC Office Hours covers the basic greenkeeping practices that are effective in Denmark on pesticide-free courses. With guests Thomas Pihl, Mads Andersen, and Martin Nilsson, we answered…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Video and podcast links for ATC Office Hours episode 18 with guests Martin Nilsson, Thomas Pihl, and Mads Andersen joining from Denmark to discuss pesticide-free turf management.