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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:Clover on fairways; value of pigeon manure
Section:Questions and answers
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Source:The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 8, No. 3, March 1928, p. 62.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:1
Question:"The soil on our fairways is very acid and still clover seems to come in strong; also on the knolls where the soil is thin and stony there is some green moss coming in. Had we better use horse manure, or would you recommend some other fertilizer that is better suited to our soil? We could get pigeon manure locally at $20 per ton."
Source of Question:Connecticut
Answer/Response:"For thin, stony places on your fairways we know of nothing better than a topdressing of good soil mixed with horse manure, as suggested in your letter. When clover occurs in putting greens it is usually possible to reduce the growth of the clover to a considerable extent by fertilizing frequently and rather heavliy with ammonium sulfate. Such treatment, however, is hardly practicable on fairways. In fact, where clover is abundant on fairways there is no practical treatment for its elimination. For general fairway fertilization some such material as cottonseed meal, Milorganite, or pulverized poultry manure gives very good results. Whichever of these materials is used should be applied at the rate of from 400 to 600 pounds per acre, depending upon the condition of the turf. Pigeon manure as a fertilizer for fairways is in about the same class as poultry manure. If a good quality can be purchased at $20 per ton it would be practicable to use it. The rate of application ordinarily should range from 400 to 600 pounds per acre, depending somewhat upon the quality of the pigeon manure."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Ammonium sulfate; Animal manures; Application rates; Costs; Fertilizer recommendations; Golf fairway maintenance; Soil acidity; Trifolium
Language:English
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USGA Green Section. 1928. Clover on fairways; value of pigeon manure. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 8(3):p. 62.
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