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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:Establishing bermuda turf of fine texture
Section:Questions and answers
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Source:The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 13, No. 3, May 1933, p. 82.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:1
Question:"Where can we obtain seed of the best kind of Bermuda grass for our putting greens? When we built our course we turfed the greens with Bermuda grass found growing wild on a river bank. Although this has served its purpose very well we feel that a much finer kind of Bermuda grass is available. The general opinion among golfers in Mexico seems to be that Bermuda grass is the only grass that is satisfactory for putting greens under subtropical conditions. As we are about to start a nursery we should like to obtain the most suitable seed."
Source of Question:Mexico
Answer/Response:"Most of the Bermuda grass seed on the market is grown in Arizona. This seed contains fine strands as well as coarse strains. We know of no one who has made selections of the finer strains and propagated them commercially. Such selections as we have made have not proven altogether successful for putting green purposes. We would recommend that you use Arizona seed in reseeding the putting greens in order to select the finer strains of Bermuda grass which will no doubt appear following the use of this seed. Probably each patch of fine Bermuda which appears will be a distinct strain and will remain true as long as the reproduction is by runners or stolons, and not seed. After these patches have been watched for one or two seasons and are found to come close to the type of grass you desire, sod from one or more of them could be cut out and planted in nursery rows. The growth from this sod will all be of the same type, and you can continue growing this type as long as you wish by planting new nurseries. All further planting on the greens should be done with the strains you select and propagate."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Choice of species; Climatic factors; Cultivar recommendations; Cynodon; Golf greens; Purchasing; Turfgrass nursery
Cultivar Names:Arizona
Language:English
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1933. Establishing bermuda turf of fine texture. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 13(3):p. 82.
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