Josh Lenz is a new graduate student who is working on a masters of horticulture at Iowa State University. He is doing the non-thesis option and will complete a creative component. He works full time with the athletic department.
Josh will be looking at chemical and physical changes in the soil of sand-based sports fields subjected to repeated painting.
His treatments include:
1. Untreated control
2. Aerosol paint
3. Acrylic paint 1:1 with water
4. Acrylic paint 2:1 with water (two part water:1 part paint)
5. Acrylic paint 4:1 with water
He will be painting the plots weekly through the season. His measurements will include cation exchange capacity, nutrient holding capacity, water infiltration rates, bulk density and a variety of other physical soil parameters. The study will go on for two years.
Josh Lenz
jel007@iastate.edu
Nick Christians Professor
Nick Christians, Ph.D. – University professor of turfgrass management, Iowa State University, Department of Horticulture, Ames, IA, and adjunct faculty, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Dr. Christians received his B.S. from the Colorado State University ...