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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: | Moss problems on a crown bowling green |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 66, 1990, p. 188. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Through the latter months of the bowling season, moss was noted invading thin areas of grass cover on our crown bowling green. Can you identify the moss from the enclosed turf plug and tell us how to control it?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "Moss soon establishes in thin areas of grass cover where there is a lack of competition from vigorous turf. It is necessary to determine the reasons why turf vigour is low and correct these faults, otherwise the moss is likely to return. The type of moss invading the sward can give us an indication of the problems to be overcome. The moss on the plug sent to us has been identified as Polytrichum species, most commonly found on dry mounds and not normally very troublesome, except occasionally under acid conditions. The very nature of a crown bowling green suggests a playing surface with high spots. Water run-off from the crown has produced extremely dry conditions at the base of the turf. In addition the club have persisted with the implementation of a low height of cut when the grass was growing slowly through the summer drought, 5 mm (3/16") and below. With the undulations found on the green and weak grass growth, scalping through mowing and scarification treatments has thinned out the turf cover allowing the invasion of the moss. Chemical analysis has shown the soil to be on the acidic side, but not over acidic and we feel that over-stressing a droughty turf has led to your problem. In future, be sympathetic to the grass when it is under stress by slightly raising the height of cut, and reducing the frequency of light scarification treatments through the period of drought stress. Improving water penetration to high spots with localised solid tining and wetting agent applications will help alleviate drought stress to a degree and concentrate hand watering practices on high areas. Improving growing conditions for the grass should overcome moss invasion, although for short-term control then sulphate of iron used alone or bulked in a carrier such as sand or applied in the spring/autumn in lawn sand gives a fast kill and is cheap but not long-lasting. Products approved for the chemical control of moss are based on the active ingredient dichlorophen which is fairly quick acting and moderately persistent. Having achieved a chemical kill the dead moss must be lifted by light raking or scarifying." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Bowling greens; Moss control; Problem diagnosis; Recommendations; Soil pH
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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. 1990. Moss problems on a crown bowling green. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 66:p. 188. |
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