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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: | Bare spots in the fairway |
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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. 166-167. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "Two of our fairways are located on a hillside where there is considerable grade. The ground is very hard, being mostly clay, and although the turf is fairly good in places there are a large number of bare patches upon which so far we have been unable to get the grass to grow. It is impossible for us to water these fairways, and they dry up seriously in July and August. Of course this condition is more or less to be expected in midsummer, but nevertheless during the remainder of the year the bare spots are certainly unsightly." |
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| Source of Question: | New Jersey |
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| Answer/Response: | "Probably the best means of correcting your trouble is to scratch up the bare spots about the middle of August, sow seed, and cover with a light topdressing of good loam. This should at least give you a good turf until the next summer, and probably throughout the summer, since grass sown in August should be well established by the following spring. Of course, if heavy rains come, the seed may be washed away, and in that case the spots should be reseeded at once. During early winter it would help also to topdress thin and bare spots on your fairways with manure, if it is obtainable, and in the absence of manure, good top soil may be used to advantage as a dressing. When you once get these bare spots well covered with grass it is almost certain to endure." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf fairway maintenance; Localized dry spots; Recommendations; Reestablishment; Topdressings
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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. Bare spots in the fairway. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(7):p. 166-167. |
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