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Publication Type:
| Professional |
Content Type: | Turftwister Q & A |
Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
Title: | [Brushing, vertical mowing, and moving] |
Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 46, No. 2, March/April 2008, p. Back cover. |
Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Question: | "Some of my members have been reading about the use of brushes to assist in the preparation of the greens. Can this strategy be used, and is this a better technique than vertical mowing?" |
Source of Question: | Maryland |
Answer/Response: | "Brushing the turf prior to mowing is not a new technique; it has been around for a very long time. This practice has experienced renewed interest due to new equipment designs. There are tools that provide very effective brushing just prior to mowing. Brushes can be fit to existing mowing equipment, allowing for the completion of two practices at the same time. With any practice, the dose makes the posion. Too much brushing at the wrong time of the year can be harmful. Brushing and vertical mowing are two separate management techniques. Brushing is more of a surface preparation strategy, and vertical mowing is a technique used to thin the grass stand while also removing thatch in the upper portion of the soil profile. Vertical mowing is much more abrasive and, as such, should be used strategically and sparingly. Brushing (with the right brush), on the other hand can be used more frequently." |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Brushing; Mowing; Vertical mowing; Turf maintenance
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Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): USGA Green Section. 2008. [Brushing, vertical mowing, and moving]. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 46(2):p. Back cover. |
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