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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | Fibre layer |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 36, 1960, p. 212-213. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "We have sent you a sample of turf and soil from one of our greens where brown patches have developed. You will notice a layer between the grass and soil which could be compared with felt. Water does not seem to penetrate this layer. There is no "felt" layer on other parts of the green. We should be pleased to learn the cause of the trouble and corrective measures." |
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| Answer/Response: | "Your sample has been examined and the "felt" layer is actually a layer of fibre or "thatch" as the Americans call it. Such a layer is present to a greater or lesser degree in all well established greens. It is composed, to a large extent, of dead roots and stems building up gradually through the years under the influence of regular top dressing and treatments with such fertilizers as sulphate of ammonia, superphosphate and sulphate of iron. This layer of fibre gives resilience to golf green turf and to this extent is beneficial. The disadvantage, which you have already noted, is that during dry weather parts of the greens will dry out rapidly especially on sandy soil. Some parts build up fibre more rapidly than others. One way of breaking down the fibre would be to apply a dressing of lime. We suggest that you should not do this, however, as liming may cause trouble with worms, weeds and coarse grasses. The fibre can be kept within reasonable bounds by spiking as regularly as possible with the machine you have and also by scarification. Your mechanical scarifier set so that it cuts just into the fibre will do a lot of good but it should be used regularly when growth is satisfactory." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green maintenance; Hydrophobic soils; Liming; Recommendations; Thatch control
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1960. Fibre layer. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 36:p. 212-213. |
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