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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: | Improving turf on shaded areas |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 9, No. 3, March 1929, p. 58-59. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "On the two sides of my house where there are no trees I have developed as fine a Kentucky bluegrass lawn as one will find anywhere, but on the two sides shaded by numerous trees I can not get bluegrass to thrive. Can you give me any information that might help me to establish a turf on this shaded area?" |
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| Source of Question: | Wisconsin |
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| Answer/Response: | "Wherever grass grows under or near trees there is competition between the trees and the grass. Not only does the shade hold the grass back, but the roots of shallow-rooted trees and shrubs will rob the grass of much plant food and moisture. Although soil in a shady place may look cool and damp, this does not necessarily mean that it has plenty of moisture. The moisture in shady places is often not free water and hence is not available to the plants. Certain grasses thrive better than others in shady places. For your locality we would recommend a mixture of one part redtop, two parts red fescue, and three parts rough-stalked bluegrass (Poa trivialis), sown at the rate of 7 pounds to 1,000 square feet. If your lawn in the shady place has been established for some time, it would be well to open up the soil by spading and raking. If necessary, the physical structure of the soil should be improved by the addition of organic material, such as well-rotted manure. Sand mixed with clay soil will also tend to make the clay more porous. Clay mixed with sandy soil will increase its capacity for retaining moisture and plant food. Such fertilizers as cottonseed meal, pulverized poultry manure, and sewage slude can be used to advantage on established lawns, while bone meal gives splendid results when mixed in the surface soil at the time of seeding. A shady lawn that is robbed of food and moisture by trees and shrubs is usually greatly improved when watered as frequently as one waters lawns in sunny places. Turf under trees will also be greatly encouraged by spring and fall fertilizing, whereas the lawn in the sun can do nicely with only one application of fertilizer a year, preferably early in the fall." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Competition; Lawn maintenance; Poa pratensis; Recommendations; Shade stress; Soil improvement
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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. 1929. Improving turf on shaded areas. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 9(3):p. 58-59. |
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