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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Muntz, Andrew;
Gardner, David;
Danneberger, T. Karl;
Street, John R. |
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| Author Affiliation: | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH |
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| Title: | Late spring establishment of an organic lawn |
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| Section: | Turfgrass ecology and the environment
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| Meeting Info.: | San Antonio, TX: October 16-19, 2011 |
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| Source: | 2011 International Annual Meetings: [Abstracts][ASA-CSSA-SSSA]. 2011, p. 68282. |
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| Publishing Information: | [Madison, WI]: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Festuca arundinacea; Festuca brevipila; Lolium perenne; Low maintenance; Nutritional requirements; Poa pratensis; Soil amendments; Spring maintenance; Starter fertilizers; Topdressings
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| Cultivar Names: | Firenza; Nu Destiny; Nexus; Firefly |
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Regulations are being created to emphasize low input lawn care and environmentally sound maintenance of turfgrass. Methods for managing turfgrass under reduced maintenance, as well as how to establish a stand of turfgrass in the fall, are well documented. However, spring establishment is not recommended mainly because of weed competition. The objective of this experiment was to find an acceptable method for spring turfgrasss establishment without pesticide intervention. 36 treatments consisting of three soil amendments, three turf species, and four topdressings were considered. Nutrient deficient sub soil, sub soil amended with topsoil, and sub soil amended with leaf compost were used as growing mediums. Tall fescue (Schedonorus phoenix 'Firenza'), an 80/20 mix of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis 'Nu Destiny') and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne 'Nexus' XD) respectively, and hard fescue (Festuca trachyphylla 'Firefly') were grown with top dressings consisting of Comtil® (averaged at 2.99-2.4-.44), Comtil® (averaged at 2.5-4.1-.62), 16-28-4 starter fertilizer, and a control. The treatments were mowed at 3" approximately once a week. Irrigation was supplied by overhead sprinkler system (2.52 cm per week). After the first year, the most successful establishment was tall fescue grown in subsoil amended with leaf compost. There were no significant differences in establishment or weed cover due to top dressing applications." |
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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):
Muntz, A., D. Gardner, T. K. Danneberger, and J. R. Street. 2011. Late spring establishment of an organic lawn. Int. Ann. Meet. p. 68282. |
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