Every now and again things don’t really work out as planned. Despite all our scheduling and agronomic programs, our focus on “plant defenses”, or our finely tuned, season long predictions…things still may fall apart. It could be as a result of a weather related event, a major shift in club politics, a supply chain meltdown or even a global pandemic. No matter the cause, we are left to scramble and scrape our way back into some semblance of control.
It’s said that our ability to respond with
From time to time our turf systems meet with varying degrees of stress. These events can generally range from a mild annoyance to full blown catastrophe. The road to recovery can vary depending on the situation and the approach to healing depends on many factors. How we as superintendents respond to these stressors and subsequently guide recovery usually says a great deal about how successful we will be during our careers.
Often times the stressor is fairly repetitive and benign (think traf