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Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Hydrating/Watering an Infield Mix

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Summer is quickly approaching and with that comes the need to correctly hydrate infield mix profiles. Hydrating an infield is important du...
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Managing Traffic Around a Home Plate Area - Making a Plate Circle Larger

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Baseball and softball seasons are in full swing.  Due to this, traffic around a home plate area can be an issue.  How to address this issue?...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Tricks of the Trade - Dugout Heaters

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This year winter doesn't not want to loosen its grip. Due to this fact, many questions have been asked in regards to additional heater...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Growing Degree Day Tracker - A Great Tool for Application Timing

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Spring has been slow to arrive across the Midwest.  A unpredictable spring with many ups and downs in the weather can make application timin...
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Monday, March 19, 2018

Grass Baselines for Baseball?

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With spring arriving, also arriving is the wet midwest weather and the question of, "Should I Grass My Baselines?"  Here is a repo...
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Monday, March 5, 2018

Baseball and Softball Dugout Designs and Extra Items

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In this final installment of dugout design and layouts, I am going to look at a few "extras" that can be placed in dugouts. R...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Travel Teams, Colleges and Professional Dugout Designs

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The second of three installments on baseball dugout design and layout.  Today we are looking at travel teams, colleges and professional dugo...
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About Me

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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