4 SportsTurf | January 2017 www.sportsturfonline.com
January 2017 | Volume 33 | Number 1
FEATURES
Field Science
8 Let's grow grass, not replace it!
14 Bermudagrass cultivar performance for sports field use
20 Is genetically modified turf in your future?
The SportsTurf Interview
28 Lynda Wightman, industry relations manager, Hunter Industries
Facilities & Operations
24 Social Media 101: Best Practices
32 Making decisions in the post-patent pesticide market
36 Award reward: MiLB groundskeeper gets football
39 Notes from the new Mid-Atlantic STMA chapter's
inaugural meeting
Tools & Equipment
42 How to choose the best fertilizer for your sports turf
44 Products you can see at the STMA Conference in Orlando
Departments
06 From the Sidelines
07 STMA President's Message
31 John Mascaro's Photo Quiz
46 STMA in Action
47 STMA Chapter Contacts
48 Marketplace
49 Advertisers' Index
50 Q&A
ON THE COVER:
Keith Winter, STMA member and head
groundskeeper for the Fort Wayne Tincaps,
performs one task he says is very important to
growing grass rather than replacing it: aerate,
aerate, aerate!
STARTING LINEUP
MAKING DECISIONS ON POST-PATENT PESTICIDES
January 2017
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ALSO INSIDE:
Is genetically modifi ed turf
in your future?
NTEP bermudagrass results
Using social media
O F F I C I A L P U B L I C A T I O N O F T H E S P O R T S T U R F M A N A G E R S A S S O C I A T I O N
SPORTS FIELD AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
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