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S4 E60 Can water retention products improve turfgrass quality without increasing soil moisture? + Comments

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S4 E59 Can fungicides eliminate soil water repellency? + Comments

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S4 E58 Can sand actually become waterproof?

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S4 E57 Do different wetting agents actually perform differently?

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S4 E56 Does applying more wetting agent actually improve turfgrass performance?

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S4 E55 Do fewer Poa annua seedheads mean more roots?

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S4 E54 Can wetting agents suppress Poa Annua seedheads?

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S4 E53 Why do localized dry spots form on golf greens, and why won’t water soak in?

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S4 E52 Can a wetting agent reduce leaf spot disease in Kentucky bluegrass?

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S4 E51 Tinfoil Turfgrass - Can CytoGro + Hydretain Really Save Water?

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S4 E50 Tinfoil Turfgrass - Does CarbonPro-G Unlock Nutrients or Add Them?

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S4 E49 Where Do Wetting Agents Go in Soil?

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S4 E48 Can Surfactants Harm Turfgrass?

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S4 E47 Wetting Agents, Soil Oxygen, and Roots.

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S4 E46 Does Hydretain Really Reduce Watering by 50% or More?

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S4 E45 Wetting agents, turfgrass growth, and soil salinity + Tinfoil Turfgrass

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S4 E44 When Do Wetting Agents Improve Infiltration?

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S4 E43 More Turfgrass Questions Answered: Soil Testing, Heat Stress & Turf Science

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S4 E42 Answering Your Turfgrass Questions + Tinfoil Turfgrass!

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S4 E41 Tinfoil Turfgrass - Urea is a Problem...and Other Nonsense.

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S4 E40 Wetter Water?

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S4 E39 When Were Wetting Agents First Used for Turfgrasses?

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S4 E38 Did Your Brain Decide Before You Did?

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S4 E37 Your Brain Decided Before You Knew

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S4 E36 Appeal to Authority: Why Smart People Make Bad Decisions

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S4 E35 Why We Believe Things That Aren't True - Part 1

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S4 E34 Why Smart People Keep Making This Mistake

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S4 E33 What Astrology, Personality Tests, and Soil Tests Have in Common

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S4 E32 Bandwagon Appeal and Social Pressure

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S4 E31 Dr. Jada Powlen - Summer Nitrogen on Tall Fescue?

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S4 E30 Does Manganese Influence Take-All Disease?

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S4 E29 Can Silicon Reduce Turfgrass Disease?

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S4 E28 Does Biological Disease Control Work on Turfgrasses?

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S4 E27 Tinfoil Turfgrass - 35 Years of Experience. 35 Years of Bullsh*t.

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S4 E26 Tinfoil Turfgrass - How to With Steve and BS Booster!

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S4 E25 Tinfoil Turfgrass - More soil testing nonsense from Steve.

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S4 E24 Tinfoil Turfgrass - He Thinks Aerification is the Most Important Thing for Your Lawn. 🤦‍♂️

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S4 E23 Comments and Emails - Why do pet spots last so long?

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S4 E22 Elevated Lawnscapes, Turf Therapy, and Polo Fields

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S4 E21 Calcium vs. Limestone on Dollar Spot.

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S4 E20 Can Milorganite, Sea Kelp, or Manure Reduce Dollar Spot + Tinfoil Turfgrass!

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S4 E19 Dr. Scott McElroy - Herbicide and Insecticide Interations

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S4 E18 Tinfoil Turfgrass - Floratine 'Master Class' of BS

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S4 E17 Organic Fertilizers and Turfgrass Disease

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S4 E16 Organic Fertilizer and Dollar Spot.

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S4 E15 Do Spray Nozzles and Volume Influence Dollar Spot?

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S4 E14 Tinfoil Turfgrass: The BS Behind Amino Acids for Turfgrass.

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S4 E13 Does Dew Removal Reduce Dollar Spot?

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S4 E12 Common Diseases on Cool-Season Lawns

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S4 E11 Does Blending Bentgrass Cultivars Reduce Dollar Spot?

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S4 E10 Irrigation Influence on Disease and Weeds.

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S4 E9 February 2026 Comments and Emails: Part 2

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S4 E8 February 2026 Comments and Emails: Part 1

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S4 E7 Light vs Heavy Irrigation on Dollar Spot and Gray Leaf Spot.

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S4 E6 Combining Urea and Iron Sulfate for Dollar Spot Control.

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S4 E5 Iron Sulfate vs. Iron Chelate for Dollar Spot?

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S4 E4 Iron Sulfate and Dollar Spot

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S4 E3 Does Nitrogen Suppress Dollar Spot?

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S4 E2 Tinfoil Turfgrass: Back 2 BS Basics.

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S4 E1 Does Potassium Influence Dollar Spot?

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S3 E67 December 2025 Comments and Emails!

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S3 E66 Dr. John Inguagiato. Can Phosphite Reduce Algae?

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S3 E65 Tinfoil Turfgrass: Soil Testing Goes Extreme!

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S3 E64 Grey Leaf Spot, Mowing Height, and Nitrogen

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S3 E63 Tinfoil Turfgrass: How to Evaluate Claims When The Salesman Knows More Than You.

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S3 E62 Dr. Lee Miller - Turf Fungicide Resistance?

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S3 E61 Fungicides and Species Resistances Affects Dollar Spot

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S3 E60 Biology and Management of Dollar Spot

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S3 E59 Tinfoil Turfgrass: Don't Use This Soil Test!

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S3 E58 Which Journals Can You Trust?

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S3 E57 Does Trinexapac Reduce Dollar Spot?

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S3 E56 University Extension Programs

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S3 E55 Dew, Nitrogen, and Dollar Spot

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S3 E54 The Rise and Fall of University Turfgrass Programs

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S3 E53 Does Biochar Reduce Dollar Spot?

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S3 E52 Biology and Management of Large Patch

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S3 E51 Dollar Spot on Turfgrass

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S3 E50 Water Use on U.S. Golf Courses

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S3 E49 Tinfoil Turfgrass: How Conmen Deceive While Being Truthful.

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S3 E48 How to Water When Drought is Coming + Tinfoil Turfgrass.

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S3 E47 Tinfoil Turfgrass: The Liquid Aeration Con in Lawncare.

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S3 E46 Two-Year Anniversary and Research Fund Raiser!

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S3 E45 Tall Fescue Rooting and Deficit Irrigation

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S3 E44 Frequent Irrigation Increases Turf Quality and Weeds.

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S3 E43 Irrigation Affects Fescue Color and Weeds

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S3 E42 Does Irrigation Influence Root Extension?

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S3 E41 Kentucky Bluegrass, Water Use, and Soil Texture

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S3 E40 Exploring Irrigation Strategies for Tall Fescue

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S3 E39 Tinfoil Turfgrass: Whole Lot of Potassium = Whole Lot of Waste

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S3 E38 Tinfoil Turfgrass: More Granular and Foliar Iron Nonsense for Your Lawn.

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S3 E37 Perennial Ryegrass Irrigation Rates and Frequency. Plus Tinfoil Turfgrass!

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S3 E36 Dr. Dan Sandor - Irrigation Requirements Following Seeding

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S3 E35 Which Turfgrass Uses the Least Water? Surprising Results from Oregon Research

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S3 E34 Comments and Emails. June 2025. Part 2.

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S3 E33 Comments and Emails. June 2025. Part 1.

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S3 E32 Tinfoil Turfgrass: Debunking Summer Lawn Care Myths

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S3 E31 Drought Testing. Which Grass Uses the Least Water?

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S3 E30 Tinfoil Turfgrass: University Study Misused? The Truth About Liquid Aeration.

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S3 E29 Which Grass Survives Water Restrictions?

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S3 E28 Is Liquid Aeration a Scam?