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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Turftwister Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | [Pruning trees to help with putting greens and tree root competition] |
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| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 40, No. 5, September/October 2002, p. . |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| Question: | "Several of my putting greens suffer from tree root competition. How can I prune the tree roots to help the turf without sacrificing tree health?" |
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| Source of Question: | Rhode Island |
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| Answer/Response: | "Tree roots can adversely affect turf health and playing conditions just as much, if not more, than the overhead canopy. Tree roots are opportunistic and prefer to inhabit moist, fertile, well-aerated soils characteristically found under most putting greens. One strategy is to encourage root growth around the sides of the tree that are farthest away from the greens by mulching, fertilizing, and providing supplemental irrigation. In regard to root pruning, remember that each severed root has the potential of sprouting 1 to 6 new roots, so it is best to prune as far away from the green as possible. Root barriers may help reduce re-infestation. From the tree's perspective, root pruning should be limited to outside the drip line, not more than one-third of the entire root system, and at a frequency of every two or more years in autumn." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Problem-solving; Golf greens; Golf courses; Tree root competition; Tree pruning; Tree maintenance
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: TREEVTURF |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 2002. [Pruning trees to help with putting greens and tree root competition]. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 40(5) |
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