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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 the tendency of creeping bent to mat |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 10, No. 2, February 1930, p. 33. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Our putting greens are planted to Cocoos bent. This grass has formed such a heavy mat over the ground that our greenkeeper is having difficulty in keeping a good putting surface. Can you suggest means of handling this situation? We use a power putting green mower." |
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| Source of Question: | California |
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| Answer/Response: | "After Cocoos bent is established on a green its habit of growth is similar to other strains of creeping bent. The treatment should therefore be similar. When the growth of creeping bent is so heavy that it tends to mat in spite of close cutting, it is well to cut down on the fertilizing. Too heavy fertilizing of creeping bent during the growing season tends to develop a growth which would be too heavy and lush for putting purposes. Greens upon which there is a healthy growth of creeping bent should occasionally be raked to pull up the runners so that the mowers may thin out the turf. Frequent light top-dressings tend to fine down the turf and keep the bent from forming a nap or grain. The greens must be cut close regularly with a mower suited for the purpose. Providing the top soil of the greens is open and porous in structure, none of the recognized power putting green mowers on the market would be injurious, since their weight is usually well distributed and would be considerably less than the weight applied by the trampling of players. In your case it would seem that the mower has not destroyed the soil texture, since your turf is thickening so well. It might be that the power mower you use will not cut close enough to keep your Cocoos bent from forming too dense a mat." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Fertilization rates; Golf green maintenance; Growth factors; Matting; Mowing; Recommendations; Soil management
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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. 1930. Controlling the tendency of creeping bent to mat. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 10(2):p. 33. |
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