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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Value and use of muck |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 8, No. 11, November 1928, p. 235. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "In constructing nine of our putting greens last spring we used a topsoil which we mixed in the proportion 70 per cent muck, 20 per cent clay loam, and 10 per cent sharp sand. We used no fertilizer. We seeded the greens in the spring, but after germination the grass was so slow in growing that it was necessary to reseed in the fall. Should we have used fertilizer?" |
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| Source of Question: | California |
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| Answer/Response: | "In using muck the inert condition of the material should be considered. Muck is liberally supplied with plant food, but much of the food is unavailable for plant use until further decomposition has taken place. Plants will do better in muck after it has decayed. This decay is effected by the encouragement of microscopic life, which is best accomplished by aerating the soil and applying stable manure. Rotting manure is well supplied with various micro-organisms which assist in decomposing vegetable material and in making plant foods available. When there is too much organic matter in the topsoil, a green liable to become too soggy after a rain. For this reason it would have been better to cut the proportion of muck down to 50 per cent and increase the proportion of sand to 30 per cent." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Aeration; Animal manures; Biodegradation; Golf green maintenance; Growth factors; Muck soils; Recommendations
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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. 1928. Value and use of muck. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 8(11):p. 235. |
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