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| DOI: | 10.21273/HORTSCI.29.5.443a |
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| Web URL(s): | https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/29/5/article-p443a.xml?rskey=Y0wK2A
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Barker, Allen V.;
O'Brien, Tara A. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts |
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| Title: | Evaluation of composts for production of sod-grown crops |
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| Meeting Info.: | 91st Annual Meeting of ASHS, 7-10 August, 1994, Corvallis, OR |
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| Source: | HortScience. Vol. 29, No. 5, May 1994, p. 443. |
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| Publishing Information: | Alexandria, VA: American Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sod production; Composts
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| Abstract/Contents: | "An agricultural compost of chicken manure and cranberry pomace, a municipal compost of biosolids and mixed municipal solid wastes, and a compost of autumn leaves were evaluated for production of turfgrass sods and wildflower sods. Composts made during the year of the experiment and one-year-old composts were compared. The experiment was conducted outdoors with composts layered on sheets of plastic laid on the soil surface. The sheets of plastic controlled soilborne weeds and facilitated harvest of sods. The best sods measured by stand and growth were produced with the agricultural compost, which was rich in N (avg. 1.7%) and low in NH₄⁺ (avg. 135 mg/kg). High NH₄⁺ (>900 mg/kg) appeared to limit stand establishment with the fresh municipal compost. The leaf compost was too low in N to support sod growth without fertilization. Aging of each compost improved its capacity to support sod production, apparently as a result of changes in the N status in the media." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Abstract #103
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Barker, A. V., and T. A. O'Brien. 1994. Evaluation of composts for production of sod-grown crops. HortScience. 29(5):p. 443. |
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| DOI: 10.21273/HORTSCI.29.5.443a |
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