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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | [Proliferations in turf] |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 6, No. 12, December 1926, p. 267. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We have Washington strain bent greens. They have a good color except for small light spots the size of a 25-cent piece. The light spots are bent and grow as fast and are as good turf as the green part of the grass. Can you tell us the cause of these spots?" |
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| Source of Question: | Illinois |
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| Answer/Response: | "It appears from the description of the light spots you report in your letter as appearing in the Washington strain of bent greens that this condition is the same that has been observed at Arlington over a period of several years. In the fall of the year, and sometimes in the spring, certain strains of true creeping bent and velvet-bent exhibit a mottled or spotted appearance due to small tufts of grass quite unlike the surrounding turf in color and somewhat unlike it in texture. The spots are rarely more than 2 inches in diameter. These spots are made up of young grass plants produced on the stems of the older plants. Botanically the tufts or rosettes are proliferations from the older turf. They are apparently not due to any disease. Applications of sulfate of ammonia and ammonium phosphate have not been beneficial in discouraging their formation. Light dressings of compost have had a tendency to cause the turf to return to a normal condition - that is, to discourage the growth of these somewhat unsightly tufts. The cause of their formation is still obsecure. These spots are not objectionable from the standpoint of the game but they certainly are unsightly on fine bent turf." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Golf green maintenance; Problem diagnosis; Recommendations; Topdressing
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| Cultivar Names: | Washington |
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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):
USGA Green Section. 1926. [Proliferations in turf]. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(12):p. 267. |
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