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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:Adaptability of bent grass for Texas conditions
Section:Questions and answers
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Source:The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 10, No. 5, May 1930, p. 97-98.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:2
Question:"Do you think Seaside creeping bent or any other of the bent grasses would be suitable for putting greens under our conditions?"
Source of Question:Texas
Answer/Response:"There is a common opinion that Seaside creeping bent, some of which is sold under the name Cocoos bent, is extremely drought-resistant and suitable throughout the South. Observations we have amde to date would indicate that this grass is no more suitable for extreme southern conditions and no more drought-resistant than colonial bent, of which German mixed bent mostly consists, or some other strains of creeping bent, such as the Washington and Metropolitan strains. Seaside creeping bent seed is produced commercially in the Coos Bay region of Oregon, and has been extensively planted on California golf courses. The admirable results obtained there have led to the widespread opinion that it is more suitable than other bents for southern conditions. The other bents, however, grow equally as well in California as Seaside creeping bent; and although parts of California may be of a more southern latitude than the chief bent districts of the East, it is well known that other crops also can be grown in California which are not adapted to similar latitudes in the East. In Texas bent grass would, of course, have to be grown where water is available. Under your conditions it might be well to try out bent grass on lawns, tees, or parts of fairways where irrigation by hose is possible, before trying it on putting greens. German mixed bent seed is probably the most economical bent seed to buy for your purpose and is as likely as any of the bents to stand southern conditions. Plantings should be made in early September. Bent grass usually ceases to grow in the winter and goes slightly off color, but will respond promptly with any warm spell. It should not winterkill in Texas."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Choice of cultivar; Climatic factors; Cultivar variation; Recommendations; Regional variation; South German Mixed Bentgrass; Water requirements
Cultivar Names:Cocoos; Seaside
Geographic Terms:Texas
Language:English
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1930. Adaptability of bent grass for Texas conditions. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 10(5):p. 97-98.
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