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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: | "Soil bacteria" fertilizers |
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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. 6, June 1925, p. 141. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Advertising matter has reached us of a liquid containing in rather condensed form an abundance of the bacteria which soil must necessarily contain in order to promote vigorous plant growth. I believe that it has been completely demonstrated that the growth of plants of any kind is dependent on the activity of certain bacteria in the soil. I should be glad to have your recommendations with regard to the use of such fertilizers in the growing of golf turf." |
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| Source of Question: | Massachusetts |
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| Answer/Response: | "Materials similar to the one you mention have been experimented with in connection with plant growth, and except in the case of certain legumes whose success depends on the formation on the roots of nodules developed by certain species of bacteria, these bacterial preparations are found to be without value. It is perfectly true that, in addition to the nodule-forming bacteria which accompany certain leguminous crops, all soils are found to contain in greater or less degree many forms of bacteria which are without doubt necessary for plant growth. The point to bear in mind in this connection however is that unless the soil conditions are favorable to the development of these bacteria it is useless to attempt to add them to the soil; and if the soil conditions are right, the desirable bacteria present in the soil at all times in more or less degree, will develop of their own accord. The best and cheapest way to add desirable bacteria to your soil and to keep them there is to use barnyard manure. Forgetting all about bacteria, however, our best results to date in fertilizing putting green turf have been obtained with the use of ammonium sulfate and ammonium phosphate." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Ammonium phosphates; Ammonium sulfate; Animal manures; Fertilizer recommendations; Golf green maintenance; Growth promoters; Recommendations; Soil microorganisms
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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. "Soil bacteria" fertilizers. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 5(6):p. 141. |
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