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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: | Slippery jelly |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 61, 1985, p. 151. |
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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: | "During wet weather last spring, sloping ground on some of our fairways became covered by a dark slime which proved to be extremely slipper, making it quite dangerous for both staff and players to walk across these areas. We have not encountered this before and would be grateful if you could advise on treatment." |
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| Answer/Response: | "The problem on your fairways is being caused by the green alga known in Scotland as squidge. It has been quite common on Scottish golf courses for a number of years during wet weather in the spring and autumn and appears to be moving south as a number of English golf clubs have also complained of the problem recently. Such growths are encouraged by wet weather and tend to disappear naturally under dry conditions. This particular alga is nearly always found on sloping ground where surface water is tending to run downhill rather than penetrate into the soil. Spiking such areas using suitable tractor-drawn or self-propelled equipment is often useful. Treatment with coarse sand can also be helpful in making surfaces less slippery. As far as chemical treatment is concerned, affected patches may be effectively treated with sulphate of iron used at 50g in 8 litres of water to 4m2 (1 ½ oz. in 1 ½ gallons of water to 4 square yards). Alternatively Dichlorophen mosskillers also kill the algae if used at normal mosskilling rates. These are, however, somewhat more expensive and it would be very costly to treat very large areas using such material." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Algae control; Algicides; Cultural methods; Recommendations; Squidge
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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. 1985. Slippery jelly. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 61:p. 151. |
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