Adam Nichols
@VBVTTurf
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Turfgrass Research Manager, Virginia Tech Hampton Roads AREC
Virginia Beach, VA
Joined April 2014
In Virginia the @VTTurfgrass Team likes to say "we can grow 8 grasses for lawns... not very well". But there are better grass choices than others for specific locations & uses. This new @VACoopExt publication details things to consider in grass selection:
pubs.ext.vt.edu
There is typically no such thing as a 'best' turfgrass for a lawn in Virginia. The challenge arises due to the extreme variability of our transition zone climate with hot summers and cold winters....
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Are you facing weed-control challenges in dormant warm-season turf? @VTTurfWeeds has some solutions for you in our latest #turfgrass clipping:
turf.spes.vt.edu
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The @VTTurfgrass Club President & Vice President have taken over my office, assembling apparel-sale orders. These items make fun holiday gifts 🎁 and help support Turf Club members attending the 2025 @FieldExperts and @GCSAA Conferences. Link to order ⤵️ https://t.co/cDwFVpNbZq
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.@VTTurfgrass School of Turfgrass Ecology & Management opened Nov 1, but there's still plenty of time to join. This Wednesday's Zoom meeting features @kmorris_NTEP as industry guest. Spend the cold weather months preparing yourself for personal & professional growth in 2025!
Registration for the 5th annual virtual @VTTurfgrass School of Turf Ecology & Mgt is open at https://t.co/9u3aTTa7vQ. Our course offers an affordable, comprehensive, introductory turfgrass mgt training program that works around student schedules over the fall/winter. #vaturf
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2024-25 virtual @vtturfgrass School of Turfgrass Ecology & Mgt opens on Sat. 11/2. If new to the industry or looking for a comprehensive refresher in turf mgt, we think you'll be pleased with our program, leading to your chance to become a Va Certified Turfgrass Professional.
Registration for the 5th annual virtual @VTTurfgrass School of Turf Ecology & Mgt is open at https://t.co/9u3aTTa7vQ. Our course offers an affordable, comprehensive, introductory turfgrass mgt training program that works around student schedules over the fall/winter. #vaturf
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We're just 7 days from the 3rd-annual Goatley Rules golf tournament! Join us and @TheVTF in Blacksburg on Monday, August 26th for this fun 'superintendent's revenge' outing⛳️ Winners will take home some handcrafted 'trophies' from @VATurf🏆 Register now: https://t.co/OVChLuJ545…
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.@lejodelpozo indicates fall armyworms reported in Richmond area. #vaturf managers, email/DM Alejandro when/where they are being found. Here's a refresher on FAW mgt from our @VACoopExt pub: pub https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/spes/SPES-357/SPES-357.pdf
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Hearing & seeing the same thing as @turfbutler, especially in our warmer regions of Virginia. He has provided great advice to stay on top of this potentially devastating disease that is primed to explode after our weather pattern shifted from desert to tropics recently. #vaturf
🚨 Heads up tall fescue managers! Active gray leaf spot in 2 trial locations in the Raleigh area this week. QoI’s alone won’t hold this back, so now is the time to add a DMI and/or t-methyl. Given the forecast, we hope you all are on top of this one because damage will be swift.
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Virginia turfgrass managers - be aware of what @DrTurfBug is seeing in NC. Note that @VACoopExt Specialist @TomKuhar reported them a few days ago in some corn trials. After 2021 'Armywormageddon', might want to at least have a game plan in place if FAW become a problem. #vaturf
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We are just 6 weeks away from our 2024 #Turfgrass Field Day in Blacksburg! Come reconnect with us and discover the practical, applied research that @VATurf, @VTTurfWeeds, @VTTurfPath, & @TomKuhar and their grad students are working on. Register here:
givebutter.com
We hope to see YOU there! CEUs have been approved: GCSAA (0.3 pts), CFSM (0.3 CEUs), & NMP (0.5 CEUs)
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Turf twitter colleagues - curious to your thoughts about "less mow April" vs "no mow May". @vtturfweeds had compelling arguments for why in the Mid-Atlantic that our hypothesis is that a "less mow April" strategy will work better: https://t.co/1UGY5dJ6B0
#vaturf @vtturfgrass
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Recent studies on urban bees suggest that in addition to specialized pollinator gardens, yards with spontaneous lawn flowers also support bees and are important part of the urban pollinator ecosystem.
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Through her honors #research, senior Ella Hayes unpacks how #rhetoric drives #politicalcampaigns and #publicpolicy. #SpiderPride 🕷️❤️💙 @SpiderHockey @urichmond @URSpiderNetwork
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Thanks for shout-out @VirginiaSFMA! Regardless of your area in the turfgrass industry, the @vtturfgrass team will have plenty of current information of interest to you & WE will do most of the traveling! + visit w/ NC State's Grady Miller in Chatham & @TNTurfWoman in Abingdon!
November 2023's Virginia Turfgrass Road Shows are a collaboration between the VT Turfgrass Team, the VTC, and the Virginia Cooperative Extension. VT Turf brings the education and CEU opportunities to YOU! 11/8 in Chatham, 11/9 in Abingdon. https://t.co/Fg50HwY8KQ
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Fall Armyworm update from @lejodelpozo: I was contacted by a LCO on Friday, Aug 18 reporting some FAW activity here in Virginia Beach. We have seen very low numbers of adult captures across our bucket traps in Richmond, Williamsburg and Virginia Beach. #vaturf #fallarmyworm
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50th Anniversary @vtturfgrass Research Field Day events are Aug 28-29 @ @VTTurfResearch Center. Vendors- opportunities for you to mingle w/ guests during Goatley Rules Golf & Evening Social on aftrn of 8/28 & meet w/ attendees 7-9 a.m. on 8/29 @ TRC:
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Please take a few minutes to help @price_kati82379 & @VTTurfPath gather data re limitations to technology adoption in golf turf management.
I am looking for golf course managers from across the country to complete the following survey on the barriers to adoption in turfgrass management. If anyone is willing to complete the following 5 minute survey I would greatly appreciate it! https://t.co/yPAGk0sDPx
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Unfortunately, Mother Nature won tonight! Too much 🌧 and too much 🌩 Great effort by Kenny and @NorfolkTidesGC to try to make it happen! 👏
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Kenny and @NorfolkTidesGC crew are working hard to make this 🎆 game happen. Mother nature is having something else to say about it!⛈️
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Registration is OPEN! 🙌 https://t.co/46V9BPx8Vh Join us for the @VTTurfgrass 50th Anniversary and Field Day festivities in Blacksburg. @VirginiaGCSA @VaTurfCouncil @VACoopExt @VSGA1904 @VirginiaSFMA @VAturf @VTTurfTeaching @VTTurfPath @VTTurfweeds @vtspes
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Turfgrass Field Day kicks off inside today due the weather! We are going to try to get some walking in before storms in the late morning
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