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| Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
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| Author(s): | Kuypers, David |
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| Author Affiliation: | Assistant Property Manager, Toronto Golf Club |
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| Title: | "A pox on your fairways": The Toronto Golf Club vs. her earthworms |
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| Source: | Green is Beautiful. December 2004, p. 20. |
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| Publishing Information: | Islington, Ont., Ontario Golf Superintendents Association |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Earthworm castings; Earthworm control; Golf fairways; Soil moisture; Sand topdressings; Golf fairway maintenance; Topdressing; Control methods
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| Abstract/Contents: | Profiles the Toronto Golf Club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada explaining that "earthworm castings have been an increasing problem at the Toronto Golf Club from 1989-2004." States that, "during the early spring and late fall castings occur when earthworms ingest soil and leaf tissue to consume nutrients then deposit the casts as mounds of soil at at the entrance of their burrows. These castings left by overnight earthworm activity are an aesthetic and management problem,as well as a negative impact on the playability of the fairways." States that, "there is no chemical control available to discourage earthworm activity, so another solution was required to 'discourage' the earthworms from inhabiting the fairway during the cool-wet weather of spring and fall... The only treatment that reduced earthworm activity was topdressing with sand; the more sand the more reduction in activity. Empirical evidence seemed to contradict this on the golf course, as castings in bunkers, which had angular sand, were also a problem. However, topdressing fairways seemed to be the only option." Descirbes the treatment application process at tge Toronto Golf Club, stating that it "began in November 2003, after fall aerification...the sand was brushed in and fairways were mowed to remove any chip too large to be brushed in." Reports that "the results this spring [2004] were excellent, worm castings were dramatically reduced to the point where the morning mowing was not disrupted...there was no topdressing applied following aerification in July. This fall worm castings were back in significant numbers." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 2 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Kuypers, D. 2004. "A pox on your fairways": The Toronto Golf Club vs. her earthworms. Green is Beautiful. p. 20. |
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