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| Author(s): | Spomer, L. Art |
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| Author Affiliation: | Associate Professor, Plant Physiology in Horticulture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
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| Title: | Golf green soil amendment: Controlling soil water and aeration |
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| Meeting Info.: | HELD: November 17-19, 1976 at Ramada Inn, Champaign, IL. |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the 17th Illinois Turfgrass Conference. Vol. 17, 1976, p. 24-26. |
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| Publishing Information: | Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture; and the Illinois Turfgrass Foundation |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf green soils; Models; Soil water movement; Drainage; Golf greens; Soil amendments; Aeration; Soil water; Porosity; Sand texture
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Drained golf greens must be backfilled with special soil mixtures during construction in order to avoid excessive water retention (poor aeration) and compaction. The relatively shallow drainage and heavy traffic on these drained greens renders 'natural' soils unsuitable for these sites. The purpose of special media is to insure the proper balance between water retention and aeration through control of the pores." A methods by which this can be done predictably is discussed. A well-drained green medium is a compromise between medium- or fine-textured "natural" soils with small water-retention pores and coarse-textured medium with primarily large aeration pores which drain despite the water table at the bottom. This is usually attained by mixing very coarse-textured amendments such as sand, calcined clay, perlite, etc. with soil in order to provide enough large aeration pores and also retaining sufficient water-retention pores to insure adequate growth. The threshold proportion (minimum amount of amendment added before improvement in aeration can be expected) depends on amendment particle shape and, to a lesser extent, on size. Threshold proportion is a direct function of the aeration porosity of the amendment alone. Threshold for sand, perlite, calcinated clay and similar amendments is approximately 10 volumes of amendment mixed with 4 volumes of soil."Therefore,a'safe' golf-green medium should be about 10 volumes of amendment plus about 2-1/2 or 3 volumes of soil. Organic amendments such as peat, bark and others generally require less amendment to reach the threshold proportion, but are also less desirable for long-term installations if they tend to decompose with time." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 1 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Spomer, L. A. 1976. Golf green soil amendment: Controlling soil water and aeration. p. 24-26. In Proceedings of the 17th Illinois Turfgrass Conference. HELD: November 17-19, 1976 at Ramada Inn, Champaign, IL. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, Cooperative Extension Service, College of Agriculture; and the Illinois Turfgrass Foundation. |
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