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Dr. Leah A. Brilman, Director of Research and Technical Services at Seed Research of Oregon, suggests that looking to the near continent may benefit UK turfgrass managers
courses, pastures, meadows, and sportsfields, primarily to find those plants that have survived and prospered under various stresses. Rarely, at these sites, do you find a monoculture of one species of grass, unless considerable effort has been made with herbicides to maintain a pure stand. Nature selects from a broad range of species and plants to find ones adapted to each microclimate. Although most sports demand a
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consistent playing surface for a uniform ball bounce, roll and uniform footing, it is sometimes desirable to mix multiple cultivars of the same species or multiple species together to obtain a more sustainable surface. Turfgrass trials and breeding trials are usually done on single cultivars of individual species. It would be difficult to place all the combinations that could be done in a trial but, many times, it is shown that combinations cannot only complement each other, they can be better than one cultivar by itself.
s a turfgrass breeder, I collect plants from old stands of grass, including older golf
stand, due to seedling vigour of the ryegrass.
Many UK golf courses are very old and already a mix of species
Recent drastic swings in weather from hotter, drier summers to colder winters may make even the species and plants present on these courses non-adapted. In the United States, the emphasis is shifting to a more environmental management for many courses for many reasons. Cultivars of many cool season species in the United States need to survive hot, humid summer and cold winters, whilst European cultivars have often had less stress on them. The additional stress of golf buggies or cars on the turf can be hard on some species. Turf managers will need to stay connected to innovations in all areas.
It may be that the highest density cultivar is not the best one for a blend or mixture, since it may come to dominate the stand. Studies have documented that, at seeding, you need significantly more smooth stalk meadowgrass on a weight basis than perennial ryegrass for it to dominate the
A mixture of velvet bentgrass and creeping bentgrass has been in trials for a number of years and has been used for some golf greens. The newer creeping bentgrass match, more closely, velvet bentgrass density and texture, but the two species tend to be susceptible to different diseases. The velvet also tends to grow better with cool soil temperatures. Often, in these mixes, the velvet predominates during the cool time of year or in the shade, and the creeping bentgrass when it is warmer. Both velvet and creeping bentgrass at fairway height
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