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Publication Type:
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Content Type: | Q & A |
Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
Title: | Improving poor fairway turf |
Section: | Questions and answers Other records with the "Questions and answers" Section
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Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 6, No. 1, January 1926, p. 16-17. |
Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
# of Pages: | 2 |
Question: | "Three of our fairways have large areas which are entirely bare, and on the remaining 15 fairways there is about a 25-percent stand of Kentucky bluegrass. The soil is very poor, which is doubtless the reason for the bad condition of the turf. It is our purpose thoroughly to renovate the turf this season, if it can be done, and we are requesting that you outline a program which we can follow with hopes of success." |
Source of Question: | New York |
Answer/Response: | "We would recommend that you thoroughly disk manure at once into the bare areas to which you refer, then smooth the surface with a spike-tooth or chain harrow, then sow a mixture of equal parts of Kentucky bluegrass and redtop seed at the rate of 150 pounds to the acre, then cover the seed with a weeder or light harrow, and then roll. On the remaining fairways, on which there is about a 25-percent stand of bluegrass, we would recommend that you apply bone meal to these at the rate of about 300 pounds to the acre, then sow a mixture of equal parts of Kentucky bluegrass and redtop seed at the rate of 100 pounds to the acre, then cover the seed and bone meal with a weeder or light harrow, and then roll. After the new growth of grass is well established, you can hasten its development considerably by applications of ammonium sulfate. In this you should be guided by developments, but it will probably be well for you about April 15, and again about May 15, to apply about 125 pounds of ammonium sulfate to the acre, mixing and applying it with sand in order to obtain an even distribution, as if it is distributed unevenly burning will result in places. If the ammonium sulfate is applied in cool weather, and especially shortly before rains occur, no burning of the grass will result. If applied in warm weather, however, the grass is liable to be burned. If water is available it would be advisable to water the ammonium sulfate into the soil." |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ammonium sulfate; Application methods; Cultural methods; Golf fairway maintenance; Golf fairway renovation; Manures; Recommendations; Seeding methods
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Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): USGA Green Section. 1926. Improving poor fairway turf. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(1):p. 16-17. |
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