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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Winter treatment of Bermuda greens; Poa annua and Poa bulbosa for early spring and late fall turf on Bermuda greens |
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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. 9, September 1925, p. 211-212. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "Putting during the early spring and late fall on our Bermuda greens has been rendered difficult on account of the abundance of Poa annua in the turf, notwithstanding everything possible has been done to check the growth of this grass, even to cutting it out, but only to see it return the following fall thicker than ever. We accordingly came to the conclusion that by the use of manure on the greens we would not only increase the growth of the Bermuda grass, but also the growth of the Poa annua, and to such an extent that this latter grass would spread all over the greens and thus provide a good putting surface during the early spring and late fall. With this in view we covered the greens with stable manure the last week in December and first week in January, and early in March we raked off what was left. The greens where the manure was thickest were well covered with Poa annua and furnished good putting at that time of the year. On the greens which did not receive a very thick covering the putting was also good but the grass was later in coming through. We are also of the opinion that by planting 15 to 20 pounds of redtop seed on the Bermuda greens before the manure is put on early in December we can have true putting greens by the last week of February and at the same time greatly help the growth of the Bermuda the following season." |
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| Source of Question: | Virginia |
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| Answer/Response: | "The only objection we can see to covering your Bermuda greens over winter with manure is the probability that the manure will invite grubs. Where much manure is used grubs and earthworms become troublesome. As an alternative to the use of manure you might try fertilizing your greens in late fall and early spring with ammonium sulfate applied at the rate of approximately 3 pounds to 1,000 square feet. Excellent results have been secured with this method. However, it is clear that Bermuda, like creeping bent, must have abundant water and abundant fertilizer for good results. The practice of starving Bermuda turf, which has been followed by many clubs in the past, certainly makes very inferior greens. As regards Poa annua, it has seemed impossible to get a solid stand of it, as it almost invariably appears in spots, thus making a most unsatisfactory turf. If however by your topdressing methods you can secure a full stand of it, that would certainly make it very desirable in winter. There is another grass, Poa bulbosa, which, unlike Poa annua, is a perennial and which, when once established in Bermuda turf, comes up every winter and disappears by the middle of May or the first of June. It would be slow in becoming established in a Bermuda green, but when once established it ought to make wonderful winter greens. Many of the southern courses have given up planting redtop, Italian rye grass, or other grasses on the Bermuda for the winter play, as the winter grass always gives the Bermuda a considerable setback. They keep up their Bermuda greens in essentially the same way creeping bent greens are kept up in the North, namely by topdressing and fertilizing with ammonium sulfate, and in the winter they play on the dormant or even browned Bermuda turf." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ammonium sulfate; Cultivar recommendations; Cynodon dactylon; Fertilizer recommendations; Golf green maintenance; Manures; Poa annua control; Poa bulbosa; Recommendations; Seasonal maintenance
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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. Winter treatment of Bermuda greens; Poa annua and Poa bulbosa for early spring and late fall turf on Bermuda greens. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(9):p. 211-212. |
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