Webcast by Dr. Nick Christians on
Fertility Management of Sand-based Fields
WHEN: Tuesday, November 5 at 11 a.m. EDT
Session: Fertility Management for Sandbased Systems
Speaker: Nick Christians, PhD
Registration:
• STMA Members: $10 Members can register
via this members' only link: (http://stma.peachnewmedia.com/store/seminar/seminar.php?sem
inar=16619).
• Nonmembers: $20 Nonmembers can register here:
http://stma.peachnewmedia.com/store/seminar/seminar.php?seminar=22105.
Session information
The presentation will include some basic information on the soil chemistry of sand-based
sports fields and will include a discussion on
how to manage these areas most effectively.
The learning outcomes are:
• to provide an expanded knowledge of soil
chemistry.
• to relate those basic concepts to sandbased soil media.
• to expand the knowledge of the attendee
on ways of managing sand-based sports fields.
Speaker information
Nick Christians, PhD, is a university professor
of horticulture at Iowa State University, Ames,
IA. His area of specialization is turfgrass science. Nick received his PhD and MS degrees
from Ohio State in Agronomy and his BS from
the Colorado State University School of Forestry.
Between earning his BS and MS degrees, Nick
was employed as an assistant golf course superintendent at Flatirons Country Club in Boulder,
CO and as a golf course superintendent in
Pueblo, CO. He has several state and national
awards for both teaching and research.
Additional information
This presentation was rated as one of the
best at the 2013 conference (based on attendee
evaluations). Dr. Christians was rated as one of
the best speakers at the conference (based on
attendee evaluations). Some attendee comments regarding the session:
• "Excellent talk, well presented. A lot of
basic fertility management that would be helpful for turf managers."
• "Keeps difficult material at an understandable level."
• "Speaker was excellent. Information was
organized and easy to understand."
• "Very good coverage of all of the basics of
elements, CEC, pH, pH (buffering)"
• "Probably best presentation I've been to.
Dr. Christians is a very good presenter."
Dr. Christians is speaking again at the 2014
conference Friday, January 24 from 8:30-10 am STMA 302 – Water Quality and Soil Conditions.
The presentation will include basic information
on principles of soil chemistry and water quality
and how they relate to sports field management.
STMA Affiliated Chapters Contact Information
Sports Turf Managers Association of
Arizona: www.azstma.org
Iowa Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.iowaturfgrass.org.
Oklahoma Chapter STMA: 405-744-5729;
Contact: Dr. Justin Moss okstma@gmail.com
Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.cstma.org
Kentucky Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.kystma.org.
Oregon STMA Chapter:
www.oregonsportsturfmanagers.org
oregonstma@gmail.com
Florida #1 Chapter (South):
305-235-5101 (Bruce Bates) or Tom Curran
CTomSell@aol.com
Keystone Athletic Field Managers Org.
(KAFMO/STMA): www.kafmo.org.
Ozarks STMA: www.ozarksstma.org.
Michigan Sports Turf Managers Association
(MiSTMA): www.mistma.org.
Pacific Northwest Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.pnwstma.org.
Minnesota Park and Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.mpstma.org
Southern California Chapter:
www.socalstma.com.
MO-KAN Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.mokanstma.com.
South Carolina Chapter of STMA: www.scstma.org.
Nebraska Sports Turf Managers Association:
sphillips4@unlnotes.unl.edu
Tennessee Valley Sports Turf Managers Association (TVSTMA): www.tvstma.com.
New England STMA (NESTMA):
www.nestma.org.
Texas Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.txstma.org
Sports Field Managers Association
of New Jersey: www.sfmanj.org.
Virginia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.vstma.org.
Sports Turf Managers of New York:
www.stmony.org.
Wisconsin Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.wstma.org.
Florida #2 Chapter (North): 850-580-4026,
John Mascaro, john@turf-tec.com
Florida #3 Chapter (Central): 407-518-2347,
Scott Grace, scott@sundome.org
Gateway Chapter Sports Turf Managers
Association: www.gatewaystma.org.
Georgia Sports Turf Managers Association:
www.gstma.org.
Greater L.A. Basin Chapter of the Sports
Turf Managers Association:
www.stmalabasin.com.
Illinois Chapter STMA: www.ILSTMA.org.
Intermountain Chapter of the Sports Turf
Managers Association:
http://imstma.blogspot.com/
Indiana - FORMING - Contact Clayton Dame,
Claytondame@hotmail.com or Brian Bornino,
bornino@purdue.edu or Contact Joey Stevenson,
jstevenson@indyindians.com
North Carolina Chapter of STMA:
www.ncsportsturf.org.
Chapter Sponsors
Northern California STMA:
www.norcalstma.org.
Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association
(OSTMA): www.ostma.org.
www.stma.org
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