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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Objections to layer formations in building 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. 11, No. 7, July 1931, p. 150. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Our soil is a very heavy clay. We have exhausted the supply of our best lighter loam but have an abundant supply of muck available. It has occurred to us that this muck might be advantageously used in building our new greens. Our plan is to lay down first a gravel bed of about 8 inches for drainage purposes, and then on top of that a layer of about 18 inches of muck. This we will then let settle over winter, and in the spring will roll it down with rollers as heavy as can be handled. The top 6 inches, or seed bed, will be a screened mixture of muck and clay loam, which will also be rolled, and then lightly raked before seeding. We should like to have your suggestions in the matter." |
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| Source of Question: | New York |
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| Answer/Response: | "The idea of building greens with layers for various reasons received considerable attention years ago, and in almost every case greens built along these lines have proved unsatisfactory and have since been torn up and rebuilt. Experiments in soil physics clearly indicate that layers of gravel, peat, or muck, especially in putting greens, are injurious on account of their interfering with the natural fall and rise of soil moisture. In constructing your greens we would suggest that you build up the base with your natural soil, installing tiles for drainage purposes since your soil is heavy. The top soil on the fill should be made to a depth of at least 6 inches. Considerable organic material and sand should be disced into this top soil so as to obtain a fertile soil of a sandy loam consistency." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green construction; Muck soils; Recommendations; Soil layering
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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. 1931. Objections to layer formations in building putting greens. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 11(7):p. 150. |
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