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Web URL(s): | http://grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_acidify_irrigation_water/ Last checked: 09/2005 |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Howard, Harold F. "Chip" |
Author Affiliation: | Owner, TurfScience, Inc., Phoenix, AZ |
Title: | Acidify irrigation water to lower soil pH |
Section: | Golf Other records with the "Golf" Section
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Source: | Grounds Maintenance. Vol. 35, No. 4, April 2000, p. Golf 10, G12. |
Publishing Information: | Overland Park, KS: Intertec Publishing Corporation |
# of Pages: | 2 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soil acidity; Acidic soils; Soil pH; Irrigation water; Acidification; Alkaline soils; Sulfur; Sulfuric acid; Application methods; Sulfurous generators; Irrigation ponds; Pros and cons; Acid injection
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Abstract/Contents: | Describes adding granular sulfur to soil or sulfuric acid to irrigation water to help lower soil pH. States that "granular sulfur's ability to rapidly lower pH is also its main disadvantage. If you are dealing with a soil that has a low buffering capacity, such as a golf green or high-sand ball-field root zone, a slight over-application of sulfur can lower the pH to levels fatal to the turf." With the addition of sulfuric acid to irrigation water, "there is little danger of excessively lowering the soil pH to a degree that could harm the turf." Also describes two methods of acidifying irrigation water: acidifying the reservoir and mixing in the pump wetwell. Describes the growing use of sulfur burners utilized in turf maintenance. |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Howard, H. F. 2000. Acidify irrigation water to lower soil pH. Grounds Maint. 35(4):p. Golf 10, G12. |
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