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Author(s):Laycock, Robert
Author Affiliation:Independent Agronomist
Title:Shaping the future: Turf production from 1929 onwards
Source:International Turfgrass Bulletin. Vol. 226, October 2004, p. 40-42.
Publishing Information:Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute
# of Pages:3
Keywords:TIC Keywords: History; Futures; Washed sod; Sod production; Sod harvesting; Sod; Turfgrass Producers International; Sod industry
Geographic Terms:United Kingdom
Abstract/Contents:Discusses in depth the history of turf production beginning in 1929. Turf producers in 1929 used techniques that had not changed over hundreds of years. Traditionally turf was harvested from areas of natural grassland, which provided low quality turf consistency. "For many years, Cumberland or sea-washed turf was thought of as the best available in the UK." Many thought that the best games could only be enjoyed on turf developed naturally on the sea marshes around the coasts of the UK, but it was noted that "after long establishment that it would be extremely difficult to distinguish difference between a green originally turfed and one produced from a well-balanced mixture of grass seeds. Cultivated turf grown from seed to be harvested exclusively as a crop, developed gradually in various parts of the world, most rapidly from the 1960s onwards." Mechanical harvesters began to replace the turf spade in the USA in the late 1940s, reaching the UK in 1950s. With the mechanization of harvesting larger areas can reach up to tens of thousands of square yards per day, whereas in 1929 one man could harvest up to 400 square yards per day.
Language:English
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Laycock, R. 2004. Shaping the future: Turf production from 1929 onwards. Int. Turfgrass Bull. 226:p. 40-42.
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