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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: | [Best time to water 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. 13, No. 5, October 1933, p. 151. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Should putting greens be watered in daytime or at night?" |
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| Source of Question: | New Jersey |
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| Answer/Response: | "We believe that, everything considered, it is best during summer to water putting greens in the early morning. The reason for this is that the fungi which cause common turf diseases depend upon sufficient moisture and heat to make growth on the turf. The surface of a dry putting green would be less humid on hot nights than one that had been sprinkled. For that reason there is less spread of disease on putting greens at night if the surface is dry. In the control of fungus diseases it is advisable to get the dew off the greens as early as possible in the morning so that the grass may dry quickly. It has been found that watering the greens breaks the surface tension of the drops of dew on the grass, so that it dries much more quickly in the morning after it has been watered. Watering has the same effect on greens in this respect as poling and switching. It is true that there will usually be more moisture lost by evaporation from early morning watering than from night watering, due to the influence of the sun; but if the greens are watered thoroughly in the morning sufficient water will be stored in the soil to carry the greens through the following night, as the roots will tend to get in contact with the water which has sunk below the surface. Even though the surface is dry in the evening it will be frequently found damp before morning because there is a gradual rise of water in the soil. It has frequently been proved that, contrary to common superstition, watering putting greens in the sunlight does no harm. Another argument in favor of early morning watering is that greens are usually more economically and thoroughly watered then, since it is easier to keep track of the men engaged in this work in daylight than after dark." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green maintenance; Irrigation scheduling; Recommendations; Time-of-day
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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. 1933. [Best time to water putting greens]. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 13(5):p. 151. |
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