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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

#LifeOnTheRoad - Dugout Storage Design

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This is another post in a periodic series entitled #LifeOnTheRoad.  The background is simple. During my travels I  encounter many grounds ...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

UPDATE: Applying Pre-Emergent Herbicides on Sports Turf

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Spring is just around the corner and with spring comes the arrival of crabgrass control applications. The use of crabgrass pre-emergent her...
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UPDATE: Removing Snow From Athletic Fields

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Smart Turf Tip: Removing Snow From Athletic Fields Simply, take a tarp drum and strap it to a tractor bucket. Now you have a plow that wi...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Tricks of the Trade - Installing a Quick Coupler for Softball Infields

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I made a recent visit to Southeastern University Softball .  This field was constructed in 2013 by J&D Turf .  While on site I took a ...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

#LifeOnTheRoad - Simple Shade Structure

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This is another post in a periodic series entitled #LifeOnTheRoad.  The background is simple.  During my travels I  encounter many grounds...
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Do Not Layer Infield Mixes - Always Till Infield Mixes

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I nfield mixes should never be layered .  How do you avoid this?  Simply till the new material into the old material when adding new materi...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016

#TheLast5% - Mowing Lines

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This post is the the first of many titled - “#TheLast5%”   These posts are designed to illustrate how a grounds manager/coach/etc. can make...
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Jamie Mehringer
Co-founder and partner of J&D Turf. A sportsturf junkie, I cut my teeth at Victory Field with the Indianapolis Indians maintaining the playing surface at what has been dubbed "The Best Minor League Ballpark in America." From intern, to assistant to head groundskeeper over 10 seasons, I was director of operations for the team before realizing sportsturf was my passion, baseball was merely the game. My bachelor’s degree in sports management from Marian University and a degree in turfgrass science from Purdue University serve as the initial credibility with clients ranging from university to K-12 administrators, parks and rec officials, and maintenance crews to my friends with their own fields in the Major Leagues. The "Smart Turf" blog is my way of sharing my experiences as consultant, groundskeeper and business owner with the larger sportsturf community. There was a day early in my career that I'd joke that I live to make tall grass short. Given the expanding horizon of this profession over the last decade, I've come to realize and respect it as much more.
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