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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:A "universally complete fertilizer"
Section:Questions and answers
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Source:The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 9, No. 2, February 1929, p. 39.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:1
Question:"Would you recommend the fertilizer mentioned on the enclosed advertisement as one of the best and most complete grass foods on the market today for use on putting greens? Does the chemical analysis stated indicate sufficient value to warrant its use in preference to some other fertilizer at the price quoted?"
Source of Question:New Hampshire
Answer/Response:"We can not recommend the fertilizer to which you refer as "one of the best and most complete grass foods on the market today." It is unquestionably a good fertilizer for grass, but neither its chemical analysis nor its performance on turf will support many of the claims made for it. The fertilizer industry today is able to duplicate any mixture suggested, but that industry has yet to find a fertilizer that is best for any one plant on all soils. There is such variation in the soils that any manufacturer who gives an honest opinion as to the much-desired "ideal fertilizer" will admit that any combination of plant foods that is noticeably successful when used on one type of soil may be far from effective on another type. We suggest that before purchasing fertilizers you consult a reputable local dealer as to prices he can quote you on a mixture containing the same combination of plant foods. You will doubtless find some helpfull information in the June, 1928, number of the Bulletin and particularly the article entitled "The Fertilizer and the Bag," appearing on page 113. On the preceding page of that Bulletin you will find a table containing many data on the point you bring up. In that table no allowance was made for prices, since these vary greatly in different places, due to freight rates and other local factors."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Fertilizer evaluation; Fertilizer industry; Fertilizer recommendations; Golf green maintenance
Language:English
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USGA Green Section. 1929. A "universally complete fertilizer". Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 9(2):p. 39.
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