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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:Hastening recovery of grass on divots by fertilization and marking spots so treated
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. 63.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:1
Question:"Most of the divots made by players here take mainly grass or grass roots and practically no soil, so that replacing these divots has very little effect, as they do not take root, but wither. It occured to us that probably the divot holes could be more quickly covered if they were treated with fertilizer shortly after being made. In order that it may be known what divot had been fertilized, it would seem advisable to include in the fertilizer some coloring matter so that the divot hole would not be continuously treated. We had in mind the use of cottonseed meal, nitrate of soda, and probably some filler, and would appreciate your opinion on this method and any suggestion that you might make, both as to the fertilizing material and the coloring matter to be used."
Source of Question:Louisiana
Answer/Response:"What you say about divots is often true, particularly in the case of rather tough turf grasses, such as Bermuda and carpet grass. Frequently the iron club cuts the grass at the surface of the ground, no soil being taken with it. When the divot is replaced the grass is not likely to take root unless moisture conditions are favorable for some time. We believe that your suggestion to encourage the grass to cover such spots by fertilizing liberally is a good one. As a fertilizer we have had excellent results from a mixture composed of one part of ammonium sulfate and three parts of cottonseed meal. We prefer the ammonium sulfate to nitrate of soda for this purpose, although the latter also gives good results. The usual rate of application of the mixture is from 400 to 600 pounds per acre. Of course, to apply the fertilizer to so small an area it would be necessary to use a considerable quantity of filler. If you can procure white sand you might mix it with the fertilizer in the proportion of 25 parts sand to one part of the mixed fertilizer previously recommended. A good handful of the mixture should supply sufficient fertilizer for an area six inches square, at the rate recommended. We believe the white sand would serve to indentify the places treated better than any colored material."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Ammonium sulfate; Cottonseed meal; Divot recovery; Fertilization rates; Fertilizer recommendations; Sand
Language:English
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USGA Green Section. 1928. Hastening recovery of grass on divots by fertilization and marking spots so treated. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 8(3):p. 63.
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