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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:Treatment of land for coastal fairways at sea level; grass for locations where salty water collects
Section:Questions and answers
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Source:The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 6, No. 8, August 1926, p. 186.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:1
Question:"Our fairways on made land slightly above sea level are giving us trouble, while those on natural land are satisfactory. On the former fairways the grass is either very cuppy or thin. Some of this land appears to be too heavy, and some is sandy and does not retain moisture. This land was made largely by sucking in mud and sand from the harbor. In low spots where salty water collects it seems impossible to grow any grass. Can you offer any helpful suggestions for correcting these conditions?"
Source of Question:Connecticut
Answer/Response:"From the conditions as you state them we are much inclined to the opinion that your principal trouble is insufficient drainage. We realize that it is very hard properly to drain flat land which is scarcely above water level. We would suggest that if possible you have your land diked against high water and have the water drained into a basin from which it can be pumped either continuously or whenever necessary. This method of drainage has been much used for agricultural land not above sea level. The heavy and light condition of the soil of your fairways can be much helped by frequently topdressing the heavy portions with sand and the sandy portions with clay. As for a grass to grow in locations where salty water collects, the only grass we know of suitable for the purpose is the common salt-grass, which occurs frequently along the seashore and which possibly may be near your own course. It has an abundance of underground creeping stems; and it is necessary only to take up the sod of this grass, chop it up, scatter the chopped stolons on the ground, and roll them in or cover them lightly. This grass will make splendid turf even where it is covered by salty water or high tide."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Distichlis spicata; Drainage improvement; Golf fairway maintenance; Land forms; Recommendations; Salt tolerance
Language:English
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USGA Green Section. 1926. Treatment of land for coastal fairways at sea level; grass for locations where salty water collects. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(8):p. 186.
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