by Doug Soldat | Jun 17, 2026 | Blog
Surface organic matter has always been one of the most important—and frustrating—variables to manage on putting greens. We know it influences firmness, infiltration, water holding capacity, and pest pressure. We also know that topdressing and cultivation are our...
by Bill Kreuser | Jun 17, 2026 | Blog
GreenKeeper, like the weather apps on your phone, uses extremely high-resolution weather models to estimate current conditions and forecast future weather. These systems combine observations from airports, weather balloons, satellites, and weather radar with...
by GreenKeeper | May 29, 2026 | Blog
GreenKeeper WhiteBoard has been rebuilt from the ground up with a modern user experience, intelligent planning tools, and unmatched flexibility for daily turf operations. Daily labor planning in turf management is complicated. Every day, turf managers balance changing...
by GreenKeeper | Apr 20, 2026 | Blog
Building a spray program can be stressful. You’re thinking about pest control, fertility, PGRs, wetting agents, and plant health products. Are products from the last application still doing the job? Then comes the mixing math. A misplaced decimal or a wrong...
by Bill Kreuser | Mar 12, 2026 | Blog
Today’s weather forecast shows a 10% chance of rain in the late morning. Do you throw your rain gear in the cart? What if the forecast shows a 30% chance at 7:00 a.m.? Even without formal training in statistics, we use probabilities like these to make practical...
by Bill Kreuser | Feb 23, 2026 | Blog
I first learned about growing degree days (GDDs) in my introductory agronomy course at UW–Madison. These models used daily average temperature to predict biological processes such as corn development. I later learned that GDDs could also be used to schedule seedhead...
