Turf School Day Fifteen

Today we had another turf development class. One of the hardest things about this course is that some times you go weeks between classes and other days they are back to back. Our turf development class covered material abou the production of the turfgrass flower and seeds. I had never thought this was important because we are constantly mowing the turf, but it is important to know about proper mowing practices when the turf is beginning to flower. If the turf is cut when the plant is flowering it will take time for the plant to regenerate because the plant that is flower is dying. New growth must occur to take the place of the dying plant.
We had our first effective communications class today. We talked about qualities of individuals who speak to us and or teach us that we respect. We discussed how we need to present ourselves in order to get respect from potential employers and to get respect from employees and greens committees.
We ended the day discussing turf transpiration and water use. We have been learning how the turf plant keeps itself cool through transpiration. Transpiration is like sweating, the plant sweats to keep itself cool. We also talked about how the different watering schedules and watering practices affect root and shoot growth. It is very interesting subject matter, but it is hard to understand Dr. Bingru Huang.