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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: | Autumn scarification |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 60, 1984, p. 107. |
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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: | "We have in recent years scarified our greens using a pedestrian rotary scarifier as a routine part of autumn maintenance work. This is in addition to the light scarification carried out frequently during the summer using the thatching reels on our triple mower. Last autumn, rather severe scarification left scars on the greens which remained in evidence through the winter and which were in fact still visible the following spring. Is scarification at this time of year advisable?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "The need for autumn scarification depends on the condition of the greens. If there has been no accumulation of fibre or thatch during the summer and if creeping growth is no problem, then we feel that there is no real necessity for even moderately severe scarification in the autumn. If, however, greens are soft and fibrous or contain significant quantities of coarse or creeping growth, then scarification would certainly have a beneficial effect, encouraging firmer and truer putting surfaces for the autumn and early winter. If scarification has to be carried out in the autumn, however, it is most important to ensure that it is carried out early in that season at a time when strong growth is still taking place so that greens can recover fully before growth ceases and winter sets in. If in the past scars have been left during the winter, then it is probable that the work was carried out either too severely or too late. Such scarring is to be avoided as it obviously disrupts putting surfaces to a certain extent and can provide seed beds in which annual meadow-grass or other undesirable weeds could germinate." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Autumn maintenance; Golf green maintenance; Recommendations; Thatch control; Vertical mowing
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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. 1984. Autumn scarification. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 60:p. 107. |
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