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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 seed and fertilizer in improving fescue fairways |
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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. 7, July 1925, p. 165-166. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "Our course was built four years ago on light sandy soil. The soil was completely run down, all its vegetation being ferns, running brier, and a little bunch grass. In the construction, about 30 carloads of horse manure were applied to the soil. The greens are in very good condition, but the fairways, which were seeded with creeping fescue, are in bad shape. The fescue is inclined to bunch, and was such a bad catch that there are hollows between the tufts of grass where nothing is growing. Last fall we put 200 tons of good, well-seasoned cow manure on 75 acres of fairway. Notwithstanding this, due to the unfavorable season the results are disappointing, especially so as hard winds have blown the sand from the holes, leaving the fairways rougher than before. Our people want to cart muck from a swamp and spread it on the fairways in October and November, as a topdressing after sowing a mixture of timothy, redtop, white clover, and Kentucky bluegrass. I am of the opinion, however, that this will be very costly. We should appreciate your opinion as to the best course to pursue to improve our fairways." |
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| Source of Question: | New York |
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| Answer/Response: | "The only seeds that will catch satisfactorily in established turf are redtop, white clover, and South German mixed bent. The redtop is comparatively short-lived, largely disappearing in two or three years, but the seed is cheap and it is a good filler in the meantime. Assuming that you have about two-thirds of a stand on your fairways, we would suggest that you seed the following mixture: 6 pounds redtop, 1 pound white clover, and 1 pound South German mixed bent. The white clover may be left out if you object to it, but in general it is considered all right on fairways. This mixture should be seeded at about the rate of 30 pounds per acre. It would be useless to seed timothy and bluegrass, as these grasses will not catch on old turf. In regard to fertilizers, barnyard manure, considering its cost, is the best material for you to use. The muck from your swamp will probably prove useless. Most mucks, after they once get dry (as will be the case when used as topdressing), become waterproofed and will not again absorb moisture. Consequently most of the muck would blow away. It has practically no fertilizer value and is often positively harmful. We advise against the use of muck of any kind except in small proportion in compost heaps. If you cannot get barnyard manure, then we would recommend topdressing with the best soil you can get, reinforced with tankage, bone meal, or a similar fertilizer. Our advice would be for you to put most of your money into manure if it can be obtained at a reasonable price." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis alba; Animal manures; Golf fairway renovation; Muck soils; Recommendations; Seed mixtures; South German Mixed Bentgrass; Topdressing program; Trifolium repens
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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. Use of seed and fertilizer in improving fescue fairways. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(7):p. 165-166. |
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