Golfdom, June 2014

FIGURe 6 Converting fairways to a new species is difficult without an application of glyphosate and closing However three years of seeding creeping bentgrass at high rates is starting to have an effect in this study on an Indiana golf course Take home messaGe Unfortunately many golf courses are faced with repairing summer or winter damaged areas of Poa annua The easiest and quickest fix is to overseed a fast germinating species plus allow the Poa annua to germinate and fll back in However this is only a short term fix and damage will likely reoccur with the next harsh summer or winter Rethinking the situation fixing the cultural issues choosing to overseed a better performing species at a potentially better time than used in the past and following up with Poa annua controls should help limit future problems Zac Reicher Ph D is a professor of turfgrass science at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Reicher can be contacted at zreicher2@ unl edu for more information References Henry G M S E Hart and J A Murphy 2005 Overseeding bentgrass species into existing stands of annual bluegrass HortScience 40 2 p 468 470 Kaminski J E and P H Dernoeden 2007 Seasonal Poa annua L seedling emergence patterns in Maryland Crop Sci 47 2 p 775 781 Kraft R W S J Keeley and K Su 2004 Conversion of fairway height perennial ryegrass turf to Kentucky bluegrass without nonselective herbicides Agron J 96 2 p 576 579 Reicher Z J and G A Hardebeck 2002 Overseeding strategies for converting golf course fairways to creeping bentgrass HortScience 37 3 p 508 510 healthy competition Ad Index Companies featured in this issue Advertiser PAge BASF BB 23 27 Bayer 5 41 Control Solutions 47 Earthway Products Inc 50 Ecolawn 40 Ecologel Solutions 44 FMC Corp 13 45 Helena Chemical Co 8 9 Jacobsen 7 John Deere CV2 1 Nufarm 46 PBI Gordon 48 Pearl Valley Organix 15 Penn State 3 Petro Canada Suncor 39 Redexim Charterhouse 19 Seago Intl Inc 49 Sensient Industrial Colors 17 Smithco CV4 Soil Technologies 4 Specialized Turf Equip Co 11 33 50 Syngenta CV3 Turfco 48 WS Darley Co 4 This index is provided as an additional service The publisher does not assume any liability for errors or omissions Seven time winner of the national Folio Award for editorial excellence EDITORIAl ADVISORy BOARD Mike Bavier CGCS Ret Barrington Ill Conrad Broussard CGCS ST JAMES PlANTATION Southport N C Julio Diaz PuNTACANA BEACH AND GOlF CluB Punta Cana Dominican Republic Damon Di Giorgio FIElDSTONE GOlF CluB Wilmington Del Chris Erickson SHADOW HAWk GOlF CluB Richmond Texas David Hay CGCS INDIAN WEllS COuNTRy CluB Indian Wells Calif Bill Irving lAWRENCE CC Lawrence Kan Rees Jones REES JONES INC Montclair N J Tim Kreger ExECuTIVE DIRECTOR CAROlINAS GCSA Tom Lively CGCS TPC SAN ANTONIO San Antonio Texas Tom Marzolf FAzIO GOlF COuRSE DESIGNERS Hendersonville N C Roger Meier VAlHAllA GOlF CluB Louisville Ky Jef Plotts TPC SCOTTSDAlE Scottsdale Ariz Jackson Reiswig CORAl CREEk CluB Placida Fla Steve Sarro PINEHuRST COuNTRy CluB Denver Colo Anthony Williams CGCS CGM STONE MOuNTAIN GOlF CluB Stone Mountain Ga Andy Wilson BETHPAGE STATE PARk GOlF COuRSE Farmingdale N Y June 2014 Golfdom 37 Golfdom com