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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Winter and early spring work in improving fairways; utilizing manure; undesirability of ryegrass |
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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. 12, December 1925, p. 284-285. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "The condition of our fairways during the past season led to a great deal of complaint by our members and ultimately to the appointment of a special committee to cooperate with the directors for the purpose of finding out what the trouble was and applying a remedy. After discussion we came to an agreement on all points but one, and that was the covering of the fairways during the winter with manure. One of our members was strongly in favor of giving the fairways a heavy covering of manure. Although it is not disputed that the manure will be good for such grass as we now have, it is felt by others that it will be detrimental to the bare spots which must be reseeded, in that no matter what care is used in raking the manure off of these spots in the spring sufficient coarse material will be left on the ground to make it impossible to get satisfactory results from reseeding these spots. In place of the manure, others favor an application of bone meal during the winter, reseeding where necessary in early spring, and using the manure mixed with compost later in the season, as a topdressing, after the new grass has made satisfactory growth. We are also inclined to advise against the use of much Kentucky bluegrass seed, as the soil does not seem rich enough to make it profitable to attempt to grow this grass, and some of us favor the use of ryegrass, on account of its rapid growth, which we seem to need. Our soil is clayey gravel and it was originally seeded with 80 percent redtop and 20 percent New Zealand fescue. During the last season the redtop apparently has died and we have bunches of fescue, which give cuppy lies. Would it help if we applied ÂĽ, inch of sand during the winter and also used cow manure?" |
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| Source of Question: | Massachusetts |
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| Answer/Response: | "We consider that the best use you can make of your manure is to mix it, in a proportion not to exceed 25 percent, with compost or a good loam top soil, and use this later in the season as a topdressing after your bare spots have been reseeded. We would not use sand in the topdressing unless it is needed to lighten the loam soil you secure. There is of course danger, as you point out, of coarse material remaining on the turf if you apply manure alone, and moreover the value of the manure can be best utilized if it is mixed with compost or top soil. We would advise you to sow the following seed mixture per acre: 20 pounds redtop, 5 pounds German bent, and 4 pounds white clover. The redtop will be transitory–that is, last at most two years; but at that time the bent and white clover, together with what fescue is left, should make a solid mat of grass–that is, provided proper fertilizing is done. Your fertilizing should consist primarily of topdressings. These can be applied at any time, and you will have to use your judgment as to when enough is secured to insure good turf. It may be that late in the spring an application of some quick-acting fertilizer will help. For such purpose ammonium sulfate would be best; but it should be used with caution. For any of your richer soils it might be well to add bluegrass seed to the mixture, as this will catch on the richer soils, while the bent and white clover will catch on the poorer soils. We would not advise you to use ryegrass, as it will make an uneven turf, on account of its more rapid growth, and on account of its bunchy, spreading habit it is difficult to cut evenly with the mower. Your seed may be applied at any time during the winter, even on top of snow." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis alba; Ammonium sulfate; Cultivar recommendations; Fertilization program; Golf fairway maintenance; Manures; 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. Winter and early spring work in improving fairways; utilizing manure; undesirability of ryegrass. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(12):p. 284-285. |
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