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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):Sports Turf Research Institute
Title:Seeding fairways
Section:Enquiries and replies
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Source:Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 37, 1961, p. 332.
Publishing Information:Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute
# of Pages:1
Question:"We are making three new holes and will shortly be ready to seed the fairways. The sub-soil is clay but we have carried out extensive drainage work. Could you assist us in deciding upon a suitable seeds mixture. The following has been suggested to us: 40% S.23 perennial ryegrass, British certified, 30% Creeping red fescue, 15% Chewings fescue, 15% Browntop. It appears that the ryegrass and creeping fescue are the cheaper grass seeds but we wonder if the other two grasses are present in sufficient quantity. Your recommendations on fertilizer treatment before sowing would also be helpful."
Answer/Response:"We suggest a seeds mixture rather similar to the one suggested as follows: 35 lb. S.23 perennial ryegrass, British certified, 35 lb. S.59 creeping red fescue, British certified, 28 lb. American chewings fescue, 14 lb. American browntop bent 112 lb. to be sown at 1 ½ cwt. per acre. We have specified "S.59" creeping red fescue whereas you had no description and such is important. You should appreciate that you are sowing a ryegrass mixture which will give a rather coarser turf than if you omitted the ryegrass and used only seeds of fine grasses. A mixture free from ryegrass would have to be sown at a higher rate. A pre-sowing fertilizer should be used but we are at a disadvantage in knowing nothing about your soil, except that it is heavy, and we have not had an opportunity to carry out soil analysis. This work would give the clue as to whether light liming is needed or not. Assuming no lime is required you might use an 8:12:8 granular fertilizer at 4 cwt. per acre. The fertilizer should be applied during the final stages of seed bed preparation and lightly harrowed in."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Choice of cultivar; Fertilization program; Fertilizer recommendations; Recommendations; Seed mixtures; Seeding rate
Language:English
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1961. Seeding fairways. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 37:p. 332.
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