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Publication Type:
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Content Type: | Q & A |
Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
Title: | Controlling goose grass, small crab grass, and yellow foxtail on putting greens |
Section: | Questions and answers Other records with the "Questions and answers" Section
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Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 9, No. 9, September 1929, p. 167. |
Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
# of Pages: | 1 |
Question: | "We are sending you specimens of three grasses which cause us a great deal of trouble on the 18 watered greens of our course. Kindly give us the common and botanical names of these grasses, with suggestions for their control." |
Source of Question: | Missouri |
Answer/Response: | "The grasses which you send us are goose grass (Eleusine indica), small crab grass (Syntherisma ischaemum), and yellow foxtail (Chaetochloa lutescens). Once any of these grasses are established in a putting green the best remedy is hand-weeding. The thickening of the turf on putting greens in the spring also has a great deal to do with the control of all foreign grasses and weeds. Steps should also be taken to prevent their getting into the greens. Such foreign grasses are most commonly introduced on greens in topdressing material. It is well therefore to test top-dressing material for the presence of weed seeds before applying it to a green. The test can be made by setting out small flats of the material, in a greenhouse or other warm place during cool weather, to see if weed seeds germinate. Weed seeds in top-dressings can be destroyed by thoroughly composting the material and frequently turning the piles or by preparing soil beds which are kept fallowed throughout the summer by frequent cultivation." |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Control methods; Digitaria serotina; Eleusine indica; Golf green maintenance; Hand weeding; Recommendations; Setaria glauca; Weed control; Weed identification
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Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): USGA Green Section. 1929. Controlling goose grass, small crab grass, and yellow foxtail on putting greens. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 9(9):p. 167. |
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