34 SportsTurf | January 2016 www.sportsturfonline.com
CHRIS MAY, baseball field manager, Georgia Tech
We will not be changing much agronomically. We are very
happy with our current plan of attack. We might try and
get an extra application of IDBU down during the winter
months to help feed our ryegrass more effectively. We will
continue with our same fungicide regiment. This is the first
year we have not used two ryegrass blends. We went with our
favorite blend Champion GQ. This is the same blend Augusta
National uses. We think it performs better during the colder
months of the beginning of the baseball season.
Our biggest improvements have been focused on playabil-
ity. We had a complete infield renovation done this summer to
maximize our drainage. This included removal of all contami-
nated sand profiles in the infield, hip and radius areas. We also
excavated our infield clay to remove all of the older mix below
our current DuraEdge professional blend. Our infield is now
Any changes in field maintenance for 2016?
STMA MEMBERS RESPOND
FACILITY & OPERATIONS
Editor's note: We asked some STMA members via email if in 2016 they were planning on changing or adding to any of their
maintenance practices, agronomically or for playability or field appearance reasons. Here are the responses we had space for in
this issue:
Russ Chandler Stadium,
Georgia Tech
