The USGA Green
Section
Record
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September 24, 2010
-- Volume 48, Number 16
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| A
Wash Pad Alternative With the Environment in Mind |
Equipment
wash-down areas are a concern at many maintenance facilities.
Options are available to improve these areas without breaking the
bank.
by Paul Stead, CGCS and Mike Loftus, Landscape Manager
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variety of plants were used to establish the rain garden. Some
mortality was planned for at establishment, but, surprisingly,
virtually all of the original plants survived and
thrived.
Several
years ago, Kennett Square Golf & Country Club (Kennett Square,
PA) needed to address a problem that many golf courses face;
concerns over the equipment wash-off area and the associated runoff
from the washing procedures. Proper equipment wash-down areas are a
long-standing issue for many golf course maintenance facilities.
Commercial systems are very expensive, especially if extensive site
preparation is required. We hope to offer an alternative and
innovative solution to deal with equipment wash area runoff.
Although it may not be the ideal solution, we reduced the potential
environmental impact from equipment.
Read the rest of this
article
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| Bacterial
Wilt Survey |
| A short survey
for those who experienced bacterial wilt on creeping bentgrass
greens in 2010 |
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extended high temperature was the primary challenge for those
growing bentgrass greens in 2010. However, there were a number of
courses around the country that reported damage/loss from a
relatively new disease - bacterial wilt. If you experienced
bacterial wilt on creeping bentgrass greens please take a minute to
complete the following questions.
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| USGA
Research You Can Use |
Organic
Matter Dilution Programs for Sand-based Putting
Greens
by
Dr. Erik Ervin and Adam Nichols, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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Manufacturers
provide a wide array of cultivation options to manage the turf
health. Selecting the best method for the golf course requires
testing and evaluation.
The
project objective is to compare various putting green cultivation
strategies to determine which organic matter dilution program
maintains mat layer organic matter at less than 4% while providing
the fewest days of putting quality disruption each year. The
techniques implemented for this study removed from 10 to 27%
surface area, and the effects on agronomic performance of a mature
putting green in east-central Virginia were carefully
examined.
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| A
Green Section Turf Tip Everyone Will Enjoy! |
Kite Aerial
Photography (KAP)
by James F. Moore, USGA Green
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Dramatic
aerial photographs like this one can be taken from a kite equipped
with remote controls.
Golf
courses and photography naturally complement one another so it is
no surprise that a great many of us have combined the two passions.
Some of my favorite pictures have been the aerial photos taken when
I could convince a pilot to take me up in a helicopter or airplane.
Aerial photos also can be tremendously valuable in helping to
identify drainage and irrigation problems and pest
outbreaks.
Unfortunately,
such opportunities are few and far between. Commercial aerial
photography, while invaluable for professional work, is too
expensive for the casual pictures most of us enjoy taking. The good
news is there is another option for getting spectacular aerial
photos you might not have considered - kite aerial photography or
KAP.
Surprisingly,
attaching cameras to kites is not a new idea. A gentleman and
inventor named Arthur Batut is credited with being the first person
to do so in the late 1880's. He used a slow burning fuse to trigger
the shutter release on his camera and could only take one photo at
a time. Today, the process is much simpler and almost certainly a
lot more fun. To find out if KAP is for you watch the following
short video.
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