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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Fall and winter applications of ammonium sulfate and bone meal |
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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. 11, November 1925, p. 259. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "In the last paragraph of the article ending on page 232 of the BULLETIN, October, 1925, you state that ammonium sulfate may be applied to turf during the winter. I have always understood that readily available fertilizers, such as ammonium sulfate, were of value only during the growing season and that their value was lost if applied when the grass was not in a growing state. Our fairways are very poor. They were never worked up, as far as I can learn, and were cut from the natural field of farmed-out clay, which is very thin and underlaid with gumbo clay. All wet locations we have now well drained. Compost soil is scarce here, and we have enough only for the greens and approaches. We have, however, purchased 10 tons of bone meal, which we are planning to spread to this fall. Would it be advisable to mix ammonium sulfate with the bone meal when we use it?" |
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| Source of Question: | Ohio |
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| Answer/Response: | "It is true that the most economical use of ammonium sulfate is made during the growing season of grasses. Occasionally, however, it is advisable to apply this fertilizer rather late in the fall. The growing season moreover varies with latitude, extending in places quite into midwinter. Growing conditions in the fall are especially favorable to fairways in the crab-grass belt, as at that time of the year crab grass is dormant, and anything to stimulate the growth of turf grasses at that time of the year tends to thicken the turf for the following season. Bone meal is a slowly reacting fertilizer and requires some time to become available. Experience has indicated that in your latitude it is used most economically when applied in February, and we would advise you to defer its use until that time. We would advise you to use ammonium sulfate only when conditions are favorable to the growth of grass. Accordingly, we would not consider it economical to mix ammonium sulfate with bone meal, as the two are best applied at different seasons of the year." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ammonium sulfate; Bone meal; Fertilization timing; Fertilizer recommendations; Seasonal maintenance
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related article, "Fertilizing with ammonium sulfate" 5(10) October, 1925 R=49620 R=49620 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1925. Fall and winter applications of ammonium sulfate and bone meal. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(11):p. 259. |
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