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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Treatment of and seeding sandy soil for putting green and fairway turf |
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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. 2, February 1926, p. 49-50. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "We have two fairways on our course which run parallel across a sandy area with a sandhill extending across them. Our course was built about three years ago, and through the misguided efforts of the green committee at that time a great amount of seed was wasted on this sand, as it blew away as fast as it was planted. We were not allowed to use these fairways, and this permitted the sand to remain loose and blow away easily. Finally it was decided to play on this part of the course with what little grass had started, and the resulting trampling of the sand seemed to help it considerably and prevent more seed from blowing away. During the last two years the grass has spread some, but it is mostly in clumps with cups between, and the top of the hill is bare. Last fall we decided to start working on these fairways near the greens and gradually extend them farther out. A rather large quantity of commercial fertilizer was scattered in front of the greens for a considerable distance. In the spring we expect to haul black dirt from near the river which runs through our property, topdressing the parts which have been fertilized, and then plant seed. Do you think this will give the desired results? What seed should we use and at what rate? Would it be worth while planting some kind of seed on the balance of the fairways and on the hill, without topdressing? One of the greens on this sandy part of the course was never satisfactory, as it had too much grass in it of a poor quality. Last fall we rebuilt this green, placing 25 or 30 loads of black dirt from the river on it, which we intend to grade in the spring and plant with creeping bent stolons. How early in the spring should this be planted?" |
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| Source of Question: | New York |
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| Answer/Response: | "On very sandy land it is practically impossible to get good turf of any northern grass without special treatment. The best treatment is to keep topdressing with a loam or clay loam soil until you have enough to bind the top 1 inch or so of soil. Clay alone could be used, but it would have to be harrowed into the sand thoroughly. In getting the soil in shape to grow good turf, topdressing with soil is much more valuable than the use of fertilizers, although the latter help also. Fertilizer alone will not answer your purpose. The same treatment would apply in the case of your putting greens, except that it is usually better, for putting green turf, to thoroughly mix a 1-inch to 2-inch layer of soil into the top 1 inch of sand. For planting your fairways, after you have sufficiently topdressed them, we would recommend a mixture of 12 pounds Kentucky bluegrass, 4 pounds redtop, and 1 pound white clover sown at the rate of 125 to 150 pounds per acre. White clover is particularly helpful where the under soil is very poor. For your putting greens we would recommend creeping bent stolons or else South German mixed bent seed, the latter to be sown at the rate of 5 pounds per 1,000 square feet. You should do your planting at the earliest possible date in the spring or late winter at which the ground is in a workable condition." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf fairway maintenance; Golf green establishment; Recommendations; Seeding methods; Seeding rate
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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. Treatment of and seeding sandy soil for putting green and fairway turf. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 6(2):p. 49-50. |
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