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Web URL(s):http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_recycling_clippings_long/index.html
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Author(s):Welterlen, Mark
Title:Recycling clippings for the long haul
Column Name:Finding answers
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Source:Grounds Maintenance. Vol. 38, No. 11, November 2003, p. 4.
Publishing Information:Overland Park, KS: Intertec Publishing Corporation
# of Pages:1
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Computer modeling; Clipping utilization; Fertilization rates; Clipping return
Abstract/Contents:Discusses the potential benefits of recycling clippings, reporting that research on the subject in 2000 claimed [one] could achieve a 50-percent reduction in fertilization by returning clippings, and a 2002 research report claimed 75-percent reduction." Explains that "to better predict what the long-term effect of returning clippings is on nitrogen fertilizer requirement, researchers utilized a computer model called CENTURY. The model takes turf age into consideration as well as other factors. Based on model predictions, the researchers found that by recycling clippings in turf for one to 10 years after planting, nitrogen requirement could be reduced by 25 percent...and 60 percent for continuing to recycle for more than 50 years."
Language:English
References:1
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Welterlen, M. 2003. Recycling clippings for the long haul. Grounds Maint. 38(11):p. 4.
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