Comparison of Cultivation Methods Impact on Playability of Agrostis stolonifera Greens

• DOI: 10.1520/jte20160419
• Publication Date: 2017-11-08T06:45:45Z
• Authors: K. Dickson; J. Sorochan; G. Munshaw; A. Thoms
• Keywords: Tine; Agrostis stolonifera

Abstract Creeping bentrgrass putting greens require intense management due to stoloniferous growth (thatch accumulation) and excessive wear traffic by equipment golfers. Increases in thatch soil compaction are often managed with cultivation practices, which lead downtime for Field research was conducted Knoxville, TN, Elizabethtown, KY, compare new traditional methods their impact on playability creeping bentgrass greens. Treatments included air injection, dry sand solid tine topdressed sand, hollow non-treated control. were arranged a randomized complete block design replicated three times at two locations. As determined 15 minutes after treatments, injection resulted the least reduction of green turfgrass cover, no ball roll from control, lower reductions surface firmness compared other tested. Hollow had greatest lowest distance, firmness. Air characteristics than or cultivation. Because turf roll, can all affect playability, these findings indicate that has smallest golfers immediately event.