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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):Sports Turf Research Institute
Title:Root break on a bowling green
Section:Enquiries and replies
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Source:Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 68, 1992, p. 135.
Publishing Information:Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute
# of Pages:1
Question:"Your representative called recently at our green and expressed concern over the shallow-rooted condition of our turf. He recommended hiring a deep aerator and buying a unit which will slit to greater depth during our winter aeration programme. Is it really necessary to go to this expense?"
Answer/Response:"Healthy turf capable of withstanding wear and drought through the bowling season is dependent on a strong rooting system. Years of play and mowing compacting the soil has limited root extension, the only aeration work carried out in the past being annual hollow tining and two slitting treatments through the winter, all with the same small aerating unit working to a couple of inches depth. The hiring of an intensive, deep aeration tool, capable of hollow tining is considered necessary to initially break up the severe compaction which has built up over the years. This treatment must then be backed up with regular slit operations in the winter to at least 100 mm (4") depth to retain an open profile. The purchase of a pedestrian spiker which can work to greater depth than your current model is considered essential. Retain the aerator used at the moment for shallower spring/summer aeration. Although many of your members may not appreciate the need for such expenditure, we can assure you that it is vital if the future condition of such a heavily played green is to be ensured. Also consider the points made in the report regarding the need to spread wear more evenly over the green. Move rink markers daily and as a weekly routine turn play through 90°. Continual play on the same favoured rinks can promote possible local grass loss and depressions, leading to the production of runs when rinks are eventually moved."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Bowling greens; Injurious factors; Quality evaluation; Root analysis
Language:English
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1992. Root break on a bowling green. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 68:p. 135.
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