Turf School Day Four

Today was our first Monday of class. We survived the weekend that was filled with watching playoff football.
Today we had our irrigation class. We talked about the pressure of the irrigation system and what it is affected by. We talked about static and dynamic pressure. Static pressure is the amount of pressure in the system when it is not in use. Dynamic pressure is the amount of pressure the system has when it is in use. Dynamic pressure is affected by elevation, how far the water has to travel, and friction loss in the pipe.
After our irrigation class we had our introduction to soils 2. This class is going to be very informative. In place of a final exam we will need to develop a fertility program for our future course.
We ended the day with our stress physiology course. We discussed Summer Bentgrass Decline and what we as turf managers can do to improve turf quality during the heat of the summer.