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| DOI: | 10.21273/JASHS.122.3.445 |
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| Web URL(s): | https://journals.ashs.org/jashs/view/journals/jashs/122/3/article-p445.xml?rskey=1FAMbv
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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | O'Brien, Tara A.;
Barker, Allen V. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 |
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| Title: | Evaluating composts to produce wildflower sods on plastic |
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| Section: | Soil-plant-water relationships
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| Source: | Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Vol. 122, No. 3, May 1997, p. 445-451. |
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| Publishing Information: | Alexandria, VA: American Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 7 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Fertilization; Nitrogen deficiency; Composts; Wildflowers; Sod; Seed germination; Nitrogen; Weed competition; Growth; Seeding; Sewage sludge
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| Abstract/Contents: | "This research evaluated production of wildflower sods in soil and composts of mixed municipal solid waste, biosolids and woodchips, fall leaves, and mixed agricultural wastes. Soil or composts were laid on plastic sheeting in outdoor plots, and a mixture of wildflower seeds was sown in July and in September in seperate experiments. Quality of sods was assessed in two growing seasons. Best sods with respect to seed germination, stand establishment, and intensity and diversity of bloom over two seasons occurred in mature biosolids compost and in agricultural waste compost. These composts were low in ammonium but rich in total N. Germination and growth of wildflowers were limited by high ammonium concentrations in immature biosolids composts. Nitrogen deficiency limited sod growth and quality in leaf composts. Poor N nutrition and weed competition restricted sod production in soil. Fertilization of soil promoted unacceptably large weed growth. Summer seeding or fall seeding resulted in good sods, but many annual flowers that appeared in the summer seeding were absent in the fall-seeded planting. Using plastic-lined plots was a convenient system for evaluating composts and other media in outdoor culture." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 16 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
O'Brien, T. A., and A. V. Barker. 1997. Evaluating composts to produce wildflower sods on plastic. J. Am. Soc. Hortic. Sci. 122(3):p. 445-451. |
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| DOI: 10.21273/JASHS.122.3.445 |
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