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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Effect on ammonium sulfate of water of high lime content |
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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. 9, September 1926, p. 206. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We are using a city water supply having about 22 grains hardness per gallon. Most of this hardness is due to lime and we are wondering whether this lime will offset the ammonium sulfate we are using. We have a power sprayer outfit capable of treating a green with ammonium sulfate in a very short time, and we are planning to so treat the greens every three weeks, using a light topdressing of compost and ammonium sulfate in between. We believe the statement has been made in THE BULLETIN that if ammonium sulfate were applied every week a soil such as found in this part of the country would be given a sufficient degree of acidity within one year. We are of course very anxious to eliminate clover in our greens and to be able to reduce weeding to a minimum." |
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| Source of Question: | Indiana |
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| Answer/Response: | "Where there is lime in the water it necessarily slows up any process of acidifying the soil, but with the continued use of ammonium sulfate headway will nevertheless be made. It is impossible to tell in advance how long it will take to acidify a given soil to such a stage that white clover will disappear; but the progress being made in acidifying soils can well be watched by means of soil-testing outfits now on the market and which are not expensive. Apart from the question of acidifying your soil by the use of ammonium sulfate, the fertilizing value of the ammonium sulfate will not be decreased at all by the use of your water of high lime content." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ammonium sulfate; Fertilizer recommendations; Golf green maintenance; Lime; Soil acidity; Water quality
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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. Effect on ammonium sulfate of water of high lime content. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(9):p. 206. |
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