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Web URL(s): | http://read.dmtmag.com/i/73468/11 Last checked: 09/10/2012 Requires: Adobe Flash Notes: Item is within a single large file http://sportsturfonline.com/2012/07/03/improving-our-nations-front-lawn/4672/ Last checked: 12/09/2015 http://sturf.lib.msu.edu/article/2012jul12.pdf Last checked: 09/04/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Professional |
Author(s): | Cook, Murray |
Author Affiliation: | President, Sportsturf Services, The Brickman Group, Columbia, MD |
Title: | Improving our nation's front lawn |
Section: | Field science Other records with the "Field science" Section
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Source: | SportsTurf. Vol. 28, No. 7, July 2012, p. 12-16. |
Publishing Information: | Park Ridge, Illinois: Bev-Al Communications co. |
# of Pages: | 5 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Choice of species; Drainage improvement; Festuca; Irrigation systems; Renovation; Root zone
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Facility Names: | National Mall, in Washington D.C., United States |
Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the decision to renovate the National Mall. States that the "first phase [of the project] includes installing two of four 250,000 gallon cisterns, installing a drainage system, irrigation system, improved soils and sodding with a three-way fescue blend of turfgrass. The first phase includes four panels totaling about 400,000 square feet and the infrastructure for the cistern system." Discusses the methods the industry has to protect the turf once the project is completed. Overviews the rootzone selection process and the turfgrass selection processes. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Includes sidebar, "The Trust for the National Mall", p. 12 Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Cook, M. 2012. Improving our nation's front lawn. SportsTurf. 28(7):p. 12-16. |
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| Web URL(s): http://read.dmtmag.com/i/73468/11 Last checked: 09/10/2012 Requires: Adobe Flash Notes: Item is within a single large file http://sportsturfonline.com/2012/07/03/improving-our-nations-front-lawn/4672/ Last checked: 12/09/2015 http://sturf.lib.msu.edu/article/2012jul12.pdf Last checked: 09/04/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
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