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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: | Controlling annual bluegrass (Poa annua) |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 12, No. 3, May 1932, p. 82. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Some of our greens are now (May) infested with annual bluegrass. This is the first season it has appeared. As it grows in patches all over a green, the putting surface is practically ruined. Our greens are of bent grass. We are informed that in a few weeks the annual bluegrass will die and we may then expect good greens. Your advice will be appreciated." |
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| Source of Question: | New Jersey |
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| Answer/Response: | "It seems that in your section annual bluegrass will eventually invade any putting green regardless of the grass that is used. It does not stand the hot summer weather well and much of it will die during summer. Your bent grass will probably take its place as fast as it dies. However, much annual bluegrass seed will remain in the turf and germinate the following autumn or spring. In order to reduce annual bluegrass in a putting green it is desirable to prevent as much of its seed as possible from getting into the green. This can be done in various ways. Greens that are subject to washes should be protected by having grassy hollows or sand traps on the hillside to catch these washes, since otherwise much seed of annual bluegrass may be washed upon the green from higher elevations. Also the material used for top-dressing should be examined carefully to see whether or not it contains annual bluegrass seed. This may be done by setting out a flat of the top-dressing material, watering it, and observing what germinates in it. Where the infestation of a green is in scattered spots, the patches of annual bluegrass may be removed with a hole cutter and replaced with good turf. We know of no chemical or fertilizer treatment which will keep annual bluegrass from invading a green. It gets in much more easily if there are poor spots of turf such as may result from disease or lack of adequate care. If turf is kept healthy and closely knit at all times there is less likelihood of annual bluegrass becoming established in a putting green." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis; Control methods; Golf green maintenance; Poa annua control; 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. 1932. Controlling annual bluegrass (Poa annua). Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 12(3):p. 82. |
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