It's that time again: monitor soil salinity

Summer is the beginning of drought season in many portions of the world. The exclusive reliance on irrigation frequently leads to a build up of soil salts that can prove stressful, if not deadly for turf. To avoid salinity damage to turf, the only tried and true method is leaching. But leaching is needed only if soil salts approach the tolerance of the turfgrass (and if rainfall is not expected within the next two weeks). To determine when leaching will…