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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: | Reseeding greens heavily infested with crab grass |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 5, No. 8, August 1925, p. 189-190. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "Our greens, which were reseeded last fall, have been in excellent condition this summer until the first of August, when crab grass came in very thick. The crab grass plants have killed all the other grass for a space about 3 inches in diameter under each plant. It is almost impossible to cut this grass so as to afford a smooth putting surface. We now have a force of men digging out the crab grass and filling up the holes with topdressing in which grass seed has been mixed. A number of our members object to incurring the expense of this work, stating that the crab grass will not go to seed but will disappear as soon as the hot weather is over. We shall appreciate your advice in this matter." |
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| Source of Question: | Illinois |
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| Answer/Response: | "In your latitude crab grass is a very bad weed on putting greens. Here at Washington greens must be hand-weeded from the time the crab grass starts, as otherwise the crab grass will kill out the bent or fescue in the greens. No matter how close you cut the crab grass, it will seed next to the ground and the following year you will have just as much crab grass as ever. All you can do is to weed out the crab grass as thoroughly as possible and reseed the bare spots, or else cut it close with a mower after raking it up, first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, so as to leave nothing but the stubs of the crab grass plants. This latter method will be cheaper than hand-weeding, and in our opinion about as effective. After you have reduced the crab grass to stubs, the new seed may simply be broadcast, using 2 to 3 pounds of seed to 1,000 square feet of surface, if you reseed to bent. We have found that the constant use of ammonium sulfate as a fertilizer almost completely prevents the growth of crab grass." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Digitaria; Fertilizer recommendations; Golf green maintenance; Hand weeding; Recommendations; Weed control
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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. 1925. Reseeding greens heavily infested with crab grass. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(8):p. 189-190. |
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