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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: | [Topdressing greens] |
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| Section: | Questions frequently asked
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| Source: | USGA Journal and Turf Management. November 1962, p. 31. |
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| Publishing Information: | New York: United States Golf Association |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "What kind of topdressing mixture is best for greens?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "Once a topsoil mixture is selected and the greens constructed, every effort should be made to keep the subsequent applications of topsoil as nearly like the original as possible. The best way to go about this is to exercise great care in selecting the original topsoil mixture so that there will be no need for a change later on. Much of the guesswork can be taken out of the selection of the proper soil mixture with a physical analysis. Such an analysis measures the porosity, permeability, and moisture retention of a soil mixture. These are important characteristics of any soil mixture; and it follows that it would be much better to test these characteristics before the final selection of a soil mixture is made than to select the mixture, incorporate it in a green, and then have it turn out to be undesirable. If it should become necessary to change the structure of soil under turf, every effort should be made to avoid any type of layering. At least one method which has been successful is the incorporation of amendments into the soil by placing them in the aerifier holes after a thorough aerification. If this method does not work, complete renovation may be the only answer." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Topdressings; Soil mixtures; Physical properties of soil; Soil analysis
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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. 1962. [Topdressing greens]. USGA J. Turf Manage. p. 31. |
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