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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Fescue and Poa trivialis in seed mixture for putting greens |
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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. 8, August 1926, p. 187. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "A seed mixture of 60 percent fescue and 40 percent German mixed bent and Poa trivialis has been strongly recommended to us for our putting greens. Previously we had a very unfavorable experience with a mixture containing 80 percent fescue. The grass germinated luxuriantly, but failed to stand up under close cutting. Could it be that the fescue is included in the mixture as a protective growth to shield the other grasses which are intended to be permanent?" |
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| Source of Question: | Nebraska |
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| Answer/Response: | "Fescue has not proved to be a satisfactory grass in the Middle West, and the Poa trvialis would certainly not survive except in shady spots. There are very few places in the United States where fescue gives any satisfaction at all. We would advise you to use either straight German mixed bent for your greens, or else bluegrass and white clover. With the bent you must expect considerable trouble from brown-patch from the middle of July until the middle of September, whereas bluegrass and white clover are not attacked by this disease and furnish a passable putting green turf, though not of the highest type." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Choice of species; Cultivar recommendations; Festuca; Golf greens; Poa trivialis; Seed mixtures; South German Mixed Bentgrass
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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. Fescue and Poa trivialis in seed mixture for putting greens. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(8):p. 187. |
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