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Web URL(s): | https://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/groot/article/2011nov6.pdf Last checked: 02/08/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
Author(s): | Griffith, Shane |
Author Affiliation: | Graduate Student, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Title: | Back to the basics: Soils influence on turf selection and management |
Column Name: | Wisconsin soils report Other records with the "Wisconsin soils report" Column
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Source: | The Grass Roots. Vol. 40, No. 6, November/December 2011, p. 6, 8-9. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, WI: Wisconsin Golf Course Superintendents Association. |
# of Pages: | 3 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Choice of species; Fertilization rates; Festuca arundinacea; Lawn maintenance; Lawn soils; Low maintenance; Mowing height; Poa pratensis; Recommendations; Topsoil
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Abstract/Contents: | Discusses topsoil quality influence on turfgrass selection and management. Overviews experiments that investigate common home lawn grasses maintained with different mowing heights and fertilizer rates. Addresses homeowners' tendency to use grass varieties such as Kentucky bluegrass because they are recommended for seasonal lawns, without considering the required level of maintenance. Explains that Kentucky bluegrass is easily maintained in larger facilities with more resources, and recommends that homeowners use tall fescue instead of elite Kentucky bluegrass as it may be easier to maintain. |
Language: | English |
References: | 2 |
Note: | Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Griffith, S. 2011. Back to the basics: Soils influence on turf selection and management. Grass Roots. 40(6):p. 6, 8-9. |
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