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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Improving thin creeping bent turf; spiking and disking |
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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. 285-286. |
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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 creeping bent greens have a rather thin turf, although they have been treated with sulfate of ammonia and compost quite regularly since they were planted nearly two years ago. They were quite severely attacked with the small brown-patch, from which however they have since recovered. The soil is a clay which dries out quickly and becomes hard, so that with close cutting the greens are keen and fast, a condition which is objected to by some players. We have, however, watered them carefully with a view to keeping them soft and moist. Both of the greens are well drained with tile, which is working properly, as can be noticed when the greens are watered a little too heavily. We have been topdressing them with compost every four to six weeks, using about one-third sand in the topdressing material, yet we believe we have a root-bound condition, as we do not get the growth which we do on our other greens. The BULLETIN has discouraged the use of spiked rollers. Would you discourage also the use of a disk for the purpose of loosening the soil and then following the treatment with a topdressing of compost and sulfate of ammonia?" |
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| Source of Question: | Ohio |
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| Answer/Response: | "In our opinion the thinness of the turf on the two greens is due either to your having a strain of creeping bent which naturally runs to thin turf, or else to the fact that your soil is too poor. We doubt, however, that the latter is the cause, but if it is we would advise you to topdress once a month with a loamy topdressing. In time this would correct the condition. We do not believe that any of the turf grasses ever become root-bound. All of our experiments with spiking, disking, or otherwise lacerating putting green turf have given unsatisfactory results. You might try it, however, on a small scale on one of the greens and see if it makes any improvement." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Agrostis stolonifera; Recommendations; Rhizoctonia blight; Soil improvement; Spiking; 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. Improving thin creeping bent turf; spiking and disking. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(12):p. 285-286. |
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