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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Use of beach sand |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 6, No. 7, July 1926, p. 167. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "What is your experience with the use of white beach sand as a topdressing for putting greens and as an ingredient for topdressing materials? We are usiing the somewhat coarser sand near the ocean. Is sand from inland to be preferred to beach sand?" |
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| Source of Question: | New York |
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| Answer/Response: | "Beach sand may be used with safety, as the amount of salt in it is negligible. Sand is particularly useful as an ingredient of compost topdressing where the soil is naturally very heavy, as it tends to bring about a loamy condition in the soil. It is not advisable to use sand alone as a topdressing except probably in occasional very light dressings or when it is desired to apply some concentrated fertilizer or chemical mixed with sand in order to get an even distribution. We have seen many cases where greenskeepers have used 1/8 to 1/4 inch of sand as a topdressing on putting greens, and in all such cases the results have been harmful. The proper material for topdressing a putting green is a loam, and if sand is necessary in making a mixture to get a loamy consistency, it is good material to use." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Beach soils; Golf green maintenance; Recommendations; Sand topdressings
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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. 1926. Use of beach sand. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(7):p. 167. |
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