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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: | Correcting the tendency of bent to grow coarse |
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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. 166. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "I am sending you a box of the sod of our bent greens, in which you will notice that the texture of the grass is very coarse. When we planted this bent on the green we did so with the understanding that it was a strain of creeping bent of the finest texture. Do you think it possible in any way to treat this bent so that it will produce a fine turf, or would you consider that it will always be this coarse no matter what treatment is given?" |
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| Source of Question: | West Virginia |
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| Answer/Response: | "One thing is very evident about the sample of bent sod you send, and that is the large percentage of organic matter in the soil, possibly rotted manure or leaf mold. It is soil of this character which makes bent grass become coarse in texture. We would recommend that when you topdress this green you employ a compost containing a relatively small percentage of rotted manure or other organic matter, certainly not over 15 percent, and that the bulk of your compost topdressing consist of sand. Another factor which induces bent grass to become coarse is lack of sufficient cutting. Keep your turf cut very close, and continually so during the growing season." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Golf green maintenance; Mowing height; Organic matter; Recommendations; Texture (turfgrass); Topdressing program
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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. Correcting the tendency of bent to grow coarse. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(7):p. 166. |
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