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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: | Use of river sand on 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. 12, No. 1, January 1932, p. 18. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We are sending you a sample of river sand which we are using for top-dressing our putting greens; also a sample of turf from one of them. Do you think we should continue to use this sand on the putting greens?" |
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| Source of Question: | Louisiana |
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| Answer/Response: | "We find that your river sand is alkaline in reaction and may be classed as a fine sand. By using this sand you supply considerable time to the putting greens, which probably accounts for the fact that the soil in the piece of turf you send is also quite alkaline. We would recommend that you continue to use this sand in mixtures for top-dressing purposes since it serves a good purpose in breaking up and making more poorous your local clay soil. The plug shows that the topsoil on the putting green has been considerably improved due to the mixture of sand and organic matter with your native clay as top-dressing material. Your local clay soil would be inclined to pack if used alone. We advise against the use of large quantities of pure sand for top-dressing purposes. Since the soil of your putting greens is alkaline we would suggest that you use sulphate of ammonia as a fertilizer from time to time. This should be applied at the rate of 5 pounds to 1,000 square feet in the spring and 1 or 2 pounds to 1,000 square feet in the warmer weather. It may be applied mixed with soil to insure even distribution, and watered into the turf after being applied." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Alkaline soils; Ammonium sulfate; Golf green maintenance; Nutritional value; Recommendations; Sand topdressings
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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. Use of river sand on putting greens. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 12(1):p. 18. |
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