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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Ridding putting greens of clover by application of sulphate of ammonia |
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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. 1, January 1931, 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 have been experiencing considerable trouble this spring with clover in our creeping bent greens and shall appreciate your advice as regards its elimination." |
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| Source of Question: | Wisconsin |
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| Answer/Response: | "Once clover becomes established in a green the treatment for its elimination is of necessity rather drastic. In the spring the growth of the clover may be set back by lightly dusting sulphate of ammonia on the dense patches of clover early in the morning before the dew is off the grass. Only patches of clover or weeds should be thus treated. Later in the morning it may be noticed that the patches treated will have burned to some extent. Still later in the morning the treated areas should be thoroughly watered. Burning with sulphate of ammonia sets back clover or weeds, while at the same time the chemical adds fertilizer to the soil in the nitrogen which it contains, this fertilizer stimulating the growth of grass in the areas that have been treated. It is likely that creeping bent will fill in the bare patches where clover has been injured before the latter has a chance to reestablish itself. For a general fertilizing program to eliminate clover it is recommended that nothing but fertilizers comparatively high in nitrogen be used. If however a complete fertilizer is used, it should be applied only in the spring and fall. The nitrogen in the complete fertilizer should be as great as or greater than the combined amount of phosphorus and potash contained; for example, something like a 6-3-2 fertilizer. During the remainder of the season frequent light applications of sulphate of ammonia are all that is required. As a precautionary measure looking toward the prevention of introducing additional clover or weeds to your greens, care should be taken to see that the top-dressing material used on the greens is free from clover or weed seeds." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ammonium sulfate; Control methods; Golf green maintenance; Nitrogen fertilizers; Recommendations; Trifolium repens; Weed control
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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. Ridding putting greens of clover by application of sulphate of ammonia. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 11(1):p. 18. |
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