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C . E . A n d erso n C o . C en tu ry Supply C orp. C e r tifie d L a b o ra to rie s , Inc. J. J. D ill C o m p any G unter C o ., In c. Arthur H ills R. P. K le in & Sons, L a k e s h o re E q u ip m en t L a w n E q u ip m en t C o rp . W. F . M ille r G arden M ille r S p rin klin g S ystem s (Sisco) N a tio n a l C h e m search C orp. Wm. F . Sell & Son T u rfg ra s s , Inc. T u rf S u p p lies, Inc. T e rm in a l Sales C orp. Inc. 3 MICHIGAN AND BORDER CITIES GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION P R E S ID E N T TED WOEHRLE OAKLAND HILLS COUNTRY CLUB Birmingham, Michigan Off. 644-3352, Res. 646-8512 V IC E P R E S ID E N T GERALD G ILL TAM-O-SHANTER COUNTRY CLUB 3466 Walnut Lake Road Orchard Lake, Michigan Off. and Res. 626-8325 S E C R E T A R Y -T R E A S U R E R BOB HOPE KNOLLWOOD COUNTRY CLUB 6330 Inkster Road Birmingham, Michigan Off. and Res. 626-6062 B O A R D O F D IR E C T O R S C. H. WOLFROM, JR. DETROIT GOLF CLUB Detroit, Michigan 530 Kendry (Res.) WESTERN GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB ROBERT PRIESKORN 721 Venoy Road (Res.) Detroit, Michigan Off. KE 1-1549, Res. 721-6648 A LB E R T K ALTZ MAPLE LANE GOLF CLUB Sterling Heights, Michigan Off. 268-2130, Res. 463-2892 DAVID S. MOOTE ESSEX GOLF CLUB Sandwich, Ontario P.O. Box 130 Off. 734-7815, Res. 966-1617 GARY BARTSCH PINE LAKE COUNTRY CLUB P.O. Box 216 Orchard Lake, Michigan Off. 681-1322, Res. 476-5852 ROGER G ILL Royal Oak, Michigan ROYAL OAK GOLF CLUB Off. 549-7125, Res. 573-6859 P R E S ID E N T E M E RITU S WARD SWANSON PLUM HOLLOW GOLF CLUB 29642 Westfield (Res.) Livonia, Michigan Off. 352-2436, Res. 421-8049 THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Well, it’ s all over. The PGA Championship is history. Now I ’ll have a little time for m yself and the associ­ ation. like I would to thank all of the Super­ intendents who offered their s e r v i c e s and equipment for the tournament. They helped me make this an event to re­ lightened member. The burden was considerably by all the thoughtful people. I can honestly say that I am proud to be a member of the Michigan and Border C ities G olf Course Superin­ tendents Association. The esprite-de-corps o f our group is one that we should be proud of. There are many local chapters through­ out the country that have us beat in numbers, but none with the spirit that we possess. The raffle tickets are selling w ell and most of the tee times are booked for our Annual G olf Day. The 18th of September should be a real day to remember. If we all do our part we should make around $10,000 for turf research. If you haven’t volunteered to do your part — do it now. Proudly your President, Ted Woehrle AUGUST PICNIC AT BURROUGHS FARMS It seems lately that all our meetings are rained out — w ell, almost. It was raining on Tuesday, August 8th, when we arrived at Burroughs Farms for our Annual Picnic. We met in the pavilion for lunch and spent most o f the day in­ doors because of the rains. As usual, the Priestkorns did a great job of hosting the picnic. Mrs. Priestkorn and George (host Superin­ tendent) and his wife supplied us with delicious ham and beans along with the coffee. The kid’ s prizes and games were arranged for by Gary and Pat Bartsch. Earl and Jean Priestkorn organized the couples tournament which was finally held at 4:00 p.m. despite the rain. They arranged for the prizes also. Sixteen couples entered the tourna­ ment and it ended in a four-way tie. The women cut cards to determine the winner, which turned out to be the 4 Benhams. Others tied for first were the LaFonds, Timmermans & the Vaughns. Of course the Priestkorns would have taken all the prizes if they had allowed their scores to stand. What a wonderful place at Burroughs! When over 100 people show up in the rain it must have some kind o f charm and appeal to entice them. We all thank George and his mother for a wonderful time. ARTHUR HILLS G olf Course A rch ite ct Tony Jacklin, Design Associate 7351 West Bancroft, Toledo, Ohio 43617 419-841-4580 Box 4086, Fort Myers Beach, Fla. 33931 Only one hundred years have elapsed between trans-continental railroad and the landing of men on the moon. first the JULY MEETING AT HILLCREST Tuesday, July 13, 1972, we were guests o f H illcrest Country Club. Pete DeVos, host Superintendent, planned a beautiful day but Mother Nature went on a rampage. Over one and a half inches of rain fe ll in a very short time and the course was under water. Pete certainly has some tough man­ agement problems to conquer. Many of the problems were built into the course through poor construction! A wet year like this has to be disastrous. The general health of the turf plant under these poor conditions has to be un­ JUNE MEETING healthy. Our guest speaker that evening, after a delicious meal, was Dr. Kenyon Payne o f Michigan State University. His topic was “ Students - Today and Tomorrow.” (See page 9). Ed Claim, past Superintendent o f in the audience that Hillcrest, was evening. He was introduced to the membership. We learned a few days later that Ed had suffered a heart at­ tack and is in the hospital. We all wish him a speedy recovery. f AT CHEMUNG HILLS LEFT TO RIGHT: Ron Abbott, Supt. of Chemung Hills, host for the June Meeting; Charlie Wilson, speaker from Milwaukee Sewerage Commission; and Frank Forier of Terminal Sales, who arranged for speaker. golfers to “ Please Repair Ball Bruises.“ see Andy Bertoni for details. 5 Over 114,000 people came to see the Pros play in the 54th PGA Cham­ pionship at Oakland H ills Country Club, Birmingham, Michigan on August 3 - 6 . With the exception of the heavy downpour on Wednesday afternoon the week was cool and pleasant. Light showers fe ll on Sunday afternoon, but only hard enough to get the gallery wet. The course weathered the hot spell ten days prior to the tournament in excellent condition. We were able to cut our greens at 5/32 inch which made for excellent putting conditions, and our fairways at 5/8 of an inch which many compliments from the Pros. It isn’t often that they are given such good conditions at a Northern Course. The galleries were w ell behaved and the Press was very kind to me and Oakland H ills. The “ Old G irl” held her own and once again no one has broken par, in this the Sixth major tournament held at Oakland H ills. Doug H ill, the local boy who didn’t make it, said that we had indians and their ponys buried under the greens . . . he must have suspected something. Actually the mounds cover the poor putters from the previous tournaments. Maybe he w ill get lucky enough some day to be buried under number 17 with some of the other luckless putters. He only had seven putts on number 17 on Saturday. This still isn’t a record. One Pro had eight putts on number 11 on Wednesday. He finally chipped it in with a wedge. Gary Player, the eventual winner, was very complimentary about the course even before he won the Cham­ pionship. On Thursday he said that Oakland H ills was one of the toughest courses in America and definitely the best maintained. Needless to say it made me feel ten feet tall. When he won it meant even more. I am fortunate in having a w ell trained crew that has a genuine interest in their work. They worked a minimum o f 12 hours a day, and in many cases 18 hours a day. looked Over 30,000 cars parked on our North Course leaving behind roads and paths which like permanent ruts, but after the mud was washed o ff by the rains immediately follow ing the tournament it was apparent that very little damage was done to the course. The cleanup task after such an event is a monumental one. Thanks to a Turf Vac machine loaned to us, we were able to vacuum up most of the debris left by the concessionaire. A ll the heavy equipment was removed by Tuesday after the tournament and now there are very few signs left telling us that we had a very successful tourna­ ment. Ted Woehrle 6 HOWARDFoursome Model “E .. .a brawny, hard working Turf Quaker designed for heavy duty applications. For 35-60 H.P. tractors. Model "P” Turf-Quakers (not shown) available for normal soil conditions . . . for tractors up to 40 H P. One, two, three, four necessary operations are accomplished in a one pass With the all new Howard Turf-Quaker. . . (one) it provides complete relief of compaction; (two) opens the turf to water and nutrients; (three) permits easier movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide; (four) removes excess thatch. The result. .. total turf aerification for healthier turf in all seasons. This total aerification is accomplished by the unique auger­ like blade pattern exclusive with the Howard Turf-Quaker. Unlike conventional slicing equipment its blades not only slice the tu rf. . . they also shake it vigorously from side to side right down * 1 to its roots, aerating it and leaving it open to receive all the water and nutrients it needs. Turf-Quakers are available in 60* tractor mounted models for fairways and large acreage work and 23* self-powered hand controlled models for greens or lawns. ¡H O W A R D 1 Write or cal1 us today • • •ask about L I J L i f i i l i L U L J machine can do as efficient a job. the Howard “Foursome" . . . no other Model “350 . . . hand controlled, self-powered Turf-Quaker. Designed for greens and lawn maintenance . . . 23' wide, 6.2 H P. Wm. F. Sell & Son, Inc. 16555 TELEG RAPH ROAD TAYLOR, MICHIGAN 48180 TELEPH O N E: 282-5100 STUDENTS TODAY AND TOMORROW by K. T. Payne, Crop Science Department, Michigan State University thoughts It’ s been a pleasant task to put some together on today’ s students, because, while we work with them daily, and indeed we have two college-aged sons and a daughter living at home with us now, we don’ t back o ff and consider how and why they are ticking until given an oppor­ tunity such as this provides. My experience, in addition to our own children, comes from coordinating our Turfgrass Management program of some 70 young men, and teaching several classes in that curriculum. In planning this, I found our Ombudsman, our former V ice President for Student Affairs, and our Assistant Dean o f Students helpful. o f In order to put today’ s students in perspective, we need to compare them with those of the past. During the depression the early 30’ s and through much o f that decade, the gaining of a college education for many was a traumatic exercise, in­ volving long hours o f work, low pay, incumbrance in the form o f financial student loans, threadbare clothing, and Adlai Stevenson shoe soles. How w ell I remember a brother agronomy major at Kansas State who survived on a 5$ bowl o f soup into which he In summers, would dump the entire contents o f the sugar bowl for lunch and dinner each day. the 60-iiour work week at 10 to 20$ per hour brought a profound appreciation for the occa­ sional Saturday when the boss said you could knock o ff early - at five o ’ clock - without pay, o f course. The fact that few college educa­ tions were achieved without hard work for self-support, resulted in a respect for just how much each classroom hour was costing, as w ell as providing exposure to one, or perhaps several potential career opportunities. Most students entered college with a rela­ tively clear to what they wished to prepare for, and changing major fields o f study was the exception rather than the rule. idea as Another contributing factor to this stability o f purpose was the greater awareness that children had in their homes o f just what it was that Dad did to make a living, and a more intimate understanding o f what both parents sacrificed to provide a home and an education for their children. World War II, and the opulent years since, have changed much of this for the student o f today. Typical o f this is N e x t P a g e No synthetically produced fertilizer can compare with MILORGANITE Golf Courses Use M o re MILORGANITEw Than A ny Other Fertilizer TERMINAL SALES CORR 12871 EATON A V E . D E T R O IT , M IC H . 48227 (313) 491 -0606 8 the fine Michigan farmer and his w ife who sat in tears in an office on our campus recently wondering how and why their son had gone wrong. “ Was he required to get a job to help finance his education?” “ Surely not! We have sacrificed at home so that he wouldn’t have to slave at Michigan State the way we did when we went through.” In my opinion, this simple admission reflects an attitude which is respon­ sible for difficulties many o f our young men and women experience in seeking career directions today. “ Everything is different - and nothing is different.” This quote from some unknown bard carries much truth as comparisons are made between Joe C ollege and Betty Coed of the ‘ 20’ s and ‘ 30’ s, and the In-group swingers who are “ Doing their things” on the modern campus. The difference seems to be in degree, and perhaps in attitude. Bathtub gin and bootleg whiskey gave rise to conked-out just as pot s m o k i n g and pill gulping affects today’ s freak-outs. Fortunately the proportions o f students pursuing these activities were and are very small indeed, and seem to be about the same for both times. imbibers, L e t’ s examine some o f today’ s attitudes and see how they look from a I profess no sociologist’ s skill or insight. layman’ s viewpoint. Our young men and women have not only grown up in an era of affluence, but they have lived in a fantastic age o f scientific achievement. Exposure television has had a remarkable to result in providing knowledge at an accelerated rate, but also in bringing a worldly awareness that was hardly a v a i l a b l e on a crystal set, or an Atwater-Kent. They have seen John and Robert Kennedy shot in cold blood, Neal Armstrong take his giant step, Watts and Detroit, and President Nixon and Mao. Not once, but on many instant replays with reasoned analyses from different viewpoints, available at the press o f a remote control button to another channel. The 18 to 23 age group have much more in common today than yesterday because of this communication. They are much more conscious o f the social scene, and therefore are, perhaps, more prone to idealism. They are thus made more vulnerable to a kind of conformity which makes them easily led. They are extremely reticent about criticizing a fellow student because o f his actions or his values. They are also impatient with Archie Bunker’ s thinking which c a s t i g a t e s a man because of his color or his creed. They choose to judge the individual on what he is and what he does rather than on his ethnic progenitors. They are acutely aware o f the “ e litist” concept. Not only do the fraternities and sororities - the so- called socially elite - have trouble with recruitment, but this now carries over to the honoraries - the scholastic and activities elite. They look with skepticism on being set apart from Continued on Page 10 & GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION GUNTER CO., INC. D-12495 DIXIE HWY. HOLLY, MICHIGAN 313-634-4812 C O M P L E T E G O L F C O U R S E C O N S T. R E M O D E L IN G E X IST IN G COURSES IR R IG A TIO N SYSTEM IN S T A L L A T IO N C O N V E R S IO N O F E X IST IN G SYSTEMS 9 fellow s, and their thus express a sensitivity which is difficult for the ‘ ‘establishment” generations to under­ stand. The past two years have brought a great change in their perspective of activism as a means o f accomplishing change. The threat of the draft and o f premature death in a steaming jungle, when the cause was not clearly de­ fined, was a direct and justified concern to young man and women. The plight o f inner city blacks and other minority groups and their frustrated poverty, both as to means o f livelihood in a wealthy nation, as w ell as the lack of an equal opportunity for educa­ tion and accomplishment, has been dramatized and has been responded to with concern and with empathy. Thus, taking place off- campus often had a greater effect than those on-campus, and the student riots were an expression o f the frustration o f not being able to do anything about it. Most students caught up in the riots were those who had never had to work for self-support, and the poorer the student, the less likely he was to be in trouble. vividly, events But the affair at Kent State marked a turning point in this pursuit. Students realized that violence can be counter­ productive, and they are now turned o ff by physical violence. They have begun to find that they can accomplish so-called individual freedoms through normal channels. Some feel that they have turned o ff too much, that the comparitive calm on our campuses is a sign of despondency, exhaustion and dispair; that anything w ill work. The idealism o f the young is laudable - - admirable; but the commendable clash between idealism and pragma­ tism w ill be hard to settle - there are few simple answers. Yet, what they have accomplished is truly remarkable. The lowering o f the voting age to 18 with its attendant drinking permits; the relaxation o f dormitory regulations to a point of non-existance; the admission to part­ nership and areas o f responsibility 10 communities, almost equal to those o f the faculty in university and being seated on city councils and university control boards would all have been viewed as out-right hearsay only a decade ago. At M.S.U. r e c e n t l y , students played a major role in voiding a proposed ten million dollar cross­ campus highway project because of its attendant threats o f pollution and to esthetic standards. Charges o f air pollution by a single high school student the halting o f burning thousands o f dead elm trees, and a highly profitable wood chip industry resulted. resulted in Today’ s student is more aggressive, more aware o f his rights, more de­ manding o f these rights, more impatient with insincerity, generally more polite, more c o m p l e t e l y educated, more healthy, and certainly more concerned for others than was his predecessor. But, some of his gaps are as­ tonishing! As the NOW generation, they have little sense o f history and scorn its study. They want to fight pollution and poverty, but have no understanding o f the expense involved. They want to question and challenge the profes­ sionals without realizing that to do so e f f e c t i v e l y you must have the competency o f a professional. They want to share administrative responsi­ bilities without understanding how indeed how demanding o f time, and boring most university committee meetings are. to run After great and successful effort to gain seats, one M.S.U. department of 900 s t u d e n t s cannot get ONE student for election to the departmental advisory committee. As professors, having grown accustomed to long hair and beards, and knowing that many who are thus equipped are fine young men, is startling to v isit the Job Placement O ffice on campus and to observe the absence o f beards and headbands on men waiting interviews. Most do not realize judgment and and wisdom come only with experience, Continued on Page 18 for that maturity, it The perfect combination of equipment for maintaining superb greens is the Ryan “ Green Team.” This turf trio of rugged, proven machines provides a system for keeping perfect greens. in one First, you use the Ryan I Greensaire which aerates and* dethatches easy' The Greensaire operation. removes more cores (3** long) than any other aerator made. Its fast, clean coring action I removes over 2 cu. yds. of I soil and thatch per 5,000" square feet. Only the Ryan "Green Team" provides the perfect system for keeping perfect greens. C. E. ANDERSON COMPANY 23455 T E L E G R A P H R O A D S O U T H F IE L D , M IC H IG A N 48075 for a demonstration phone: 353-5300 MANUAL R a in ^ B ir d , AUTOMATIC the perfect system perfect green for ■1RAIN BIRD L I % % % »O WER C O N T R O L competitively priced • plus quality • plus immediate availability Supply Corp. (313) 543-7730 WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Com plete Line of UNDERGROUND SPRINKLER SUPPLIES 3890 WEST ELEVEN MILE ROAD B E R K L E Y , M I C H I G A N 4 8 0 7 2 ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING THE M IC H IG AN A N D BORDER CITIES G O LF COURSE SUPERINTENDENTS ASSO C IATIO N ? a l b e r t k a l t z Map|e Lane Golf c,ub Sterling Heights, Michigan 48071 Phone: Fill in the questionaire below and mail to: Off. 268*2130, Res. 463-2C92 N A M E O F I N T E R E S T E D P E R S O N D A T E ____________________________________ M A I L I N G A D D R E S S ________________________________________________________ C I T Y ____________________________________ S T A T E _______________ Z I P _____ Or you may contact the next golf course supplier who calls on you and give him the Information needed for application. Presented at Purdue U niversity, March, 1972 NUTRIENT STORAGE AND MOVEMENT UNDER TURF by Paul E. Rieke, Dept, of Crop & Soil Science, Michigan State University The (those needed soil provides 13 nutrients which are known to be essential for they are nitrogen (N ), phos­ plants: phorus (P ), potassium (K ), calcium (Ca), magnesium (M g), and sulfur (S), all macronutrients, while the micro­ nutrients in smaller (F e ), manganese quantity) are (Mn), copper (Zn), boron (B ), molybdenum (Mo), and chlorine (C l). Most o f these nutrients are provided for turfgrasses by soils. Fertilizer appli­ cations .most commonly provide NPK. Others may be also needed in certain situations. in sufficient quantity (Cu), zinc iron N itro g en disease Nitrogen warrants such attention because it affects the turf in so many ways. Included are shoot growth, shoot density, root growth, color, tolerance temperature and moisture stress to conditions, susceptibility, wear tolerance, recuperative potential, and competition o f the turfgrass with weeds and other turfgrass species. N i t r o g e n is added to the soil by fertilizing, in rainfall, and by nitrogen fixation carried on by certain soil microorganisms. In addition, nitrogen can be added to the soil in topdressing material, including with peat, manure or by clippings returned to the turf. Inputs of nitrogen by biological nitrogen fixation are probably small under turf. Nitrogen in rainfall could approach 20 to 40 lbs. per acre, but is usually not considered directly in turfgrass fertilization. Of course, clipping return is merely a recycling of the nitrogen already present. If one assumes that 200 lbs. o f green clip­ pings (80% moisture) are returned to the turf per 1,000 sq. ft. annually, and that they average 5% nitrogen (dry weight basis), this amounts to 2 lbs. o f nitrogen being recycled in the clippings. This amounts to a very light fertilization with each mowing with ready release o f N. Higher values would be evident if heavier nitrogen applications, longer growing season prevailed. or a The reservoir o f nitrogen tied up in the soil organic matter is an important source of nitrogen when soil tempera­ tures are warm and peak microbial activity occurs. This was observed on plots located at Traverse City on a heavily irrigated sand, and at East Lansing on a moderately irrigated fine sandy loam. Soil nitrate levels were determined in soil samples taken every two weeks during the growing season. At both locations, but particularly at Traverse City where clippings were returned, the soil nitrate levels in the plots receiving no nitrogen reached a peak in August and early September. Recently K. R. English, in M.S. thesis, found soil nitrates to increase markedly in an unfertilized plot o f Merion Kentucky bluegrass sod grown on Houghton Muck. This organic soil had a total nitrogen content of about 2.9%. I f the dry soil weighed 400,000 lbs. per acre this means over 11,000 lbs. o f nitrogen in the organic matter o f the soil in the sur­ face 7” . As it decomposed slowly, only a small total o f that amount w ill be time, but this points out the importance o f judicious nitrogen in late summer especially. released at one fertilization is tied up Mineral soils might contain about 0.15% nitrogen by dry weight. Most of this nitrogen is essentially unavailable for the turf to use since soil organic Continued on Page 14 13 Nutrient Storage Cont. matter is usually relatively resistant to further decompo­ sition. in minerals soils if Nitrogen losses by leaching can be appreciable sound management practices are not followed, especially on irrigated sands. The soil nitrate study described above included several nitrogen fertilizer treatments at each location, which were applied to Merion Kentucky bluegrass. Data were ob­ tained in 1970 and 1971 from the 0-6, 6-12, 12-18, and 18-24” depths. When very high rates of nitrogen (6 or 8 lbs. per 1,000 sq. ft. annually) were applied in soluble form (ammonium nitrate) in April, there was appreciable leaching. When this treatment was divided into 3 applications during the growing sea­ son, the apparent leaching o f nitrate into lower horizons was much reduced. (or slow release) nitrogen carriers - milorganite urea- formaldehyde and isobutylidene diurea - reduced the nitrate levels in the soil during spring and early summer, but in Use o f organic summer and late summer the nitrate levels in the subsoil (to 24” ) were somewhat higher than in plots receiving ammonium nit­ rate in 1970. data. The 1971 data suggests similar trends except a very dry irrigation resulted in very little nitrate nitrogen appearing in the 0-6” depth. This was attributed to the nitrogen fertilizer particles staying in the thatch layer, which was discarded when the soil was sampled. in the soil, even limited There was more leaching o f nit­ rates on the sandy soil at Traverse City. This may be explained by the rates applied, the heavy sandy nature o f the soil, heavier nitrogen rates applied, and the return o f the clippings on Traverse City plots. irrigation On the basis o f these studies we have prepared guidelines on nitrogen fertilization to keep nitrate leaching to a minimum: 1. Use no more than 1.5 lbs. nitrogen per 1,000 sq. ft. (60 lbs. per acre) N e x t P a g e SISCO SALESMEN at your SERVICE D O N V O S has w orked w ith pumps and p iping system s for the past e ig h t y e a rs . H is e x p e rie n c e can be v a lu a b le to you. A u to m a tic irrig atio n is his s p e c ia lity for any tu rf g rass area. Don tra v e ls the W estern part of M ic h ig a n and w ill g la d ly stop by your course. C a ll K a la m a zo o 6 1 6 -3 8 1 -0 5 0 6 . Sprinkler Irrigation Supply Company, Division of A. J. Miller, Inc., 1316 N. Campbell Rd., Royal Oak, Mich. 48067, (313) 548-7272 Chicago (312) 629-7730, Kalamazoo (616) 381-0506, Columbus, Ohio (614) 888-1782 e n g i n e e r e d r a i n 14 on turf in any one application, 2. Apply nitrogen only to actively growing turf, sandy 3. On soils use irrigation judiciously to reduce leaching, 4. I f clippings are returned reduce nitrogen rates accordingly, 5. Use slow release forms o f N, and 6. On sandy sites, especially where water sources could be contami­ nated with nitrates, it is w ell to consider the use o f creeping red fescue, or other low nitrogen re­ quiring turfgrass. P h o sphorus f o r m i n g less soluble Phosphorus does not leach readily through soils. Most soils have a high capacity to tie up phosphorus either by attraction to the clay particles, or by iron and aluminum phosphates i f the soil is acid, or calcium phosphate i f the soil is alkaline (above pH 7.9). An example the o f for phosphorus to collect is illus­ trated in data taken from one of our research plot areas. The 0-2” depth had a soil phosphorus test o f 70 lbs. per acre. The 4 - 6 and 8 - 1 0 ” depth samples tested 25 and 6 lbs. phos­ phorus per acre, respectively. tendency in the surface soil Under general turf conditions in Michigan we recommend no phosphorus when soil tests exceed 40 lbs. per acre (Bray P I test) when tested in our laboratory. The sorption capacity o f the soil for p h o s p h o r u s could be exceeded, o f course, and phosphorus could move downward, but such rates o f a p p l i c a t i o n would far exceed reasonable phosphorus fertilization for turf. Greater concern should be raised about imbalances of phosphorus which could induce a deficiency o f iron or other nutrients. When arsenates are being used for Poa annua control, phosphorus appli­ cations should also be restricted since application o f phosphorus con­ an taining f e r t i l i z e r can offset the arsenate influence. effect o f the P o ta s s iu m Potassium is a cation (positively- charged) - as such it is attracted to Continued on Page 16 15 TURFGRASS, INC. 365 W O ODLAND DR. SOUTH LY O N , M ICH . 48178 PHO N E: 4 3 7 - 1427 PROGRAMS FOR FINE TURF T o p - D r e s s i n g C h e m ic a l s G r a s s S e e d F e r t i l i z e r S od F u n g i c i d e s H e r b i c i d e s S to lo n s G e n e r a l S u p p l i e s I n s e c t i c i d e s E U G E N E D. 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Please call us for Prices & Literature 5 4 Brown S t r e e t C r o s w e l l , M ic h . 4 8 4 2 2 3 1 3 / 6 7 9 - 2 7 0 0 6 7 9 - 2 7 0 1 16 the cation exchange capacity (nega­ tively-charged) on clay minerals and soil organic matter particles. This tends to hold potassium from leaching through the soil. It can be leached, however, with excessive irrigation, from sandy soils. Also, especially ammonia applications favor leaching o f K by replacement. More frequent and usually higher potassium rates w ill be required on heavily irrigated sands to account for the greater leaching losses. Data in Table 1 show the tendency for potassium to stay near the surface of a fine sandy loam soil. Increasing nitrogen rate caused a decrease in soil potassium to greater amounts of potassium removed from clippings. Table 1. test due Soil potassium tests as affected by depth o f samp­ ling and rate of nitrogen application Annual nitrogen rate Depth of sampling, inches lbs./1,000 sq. ft. 4 14 Certain 4-6 0-2 2-4 lbs. of K 274 134 197 120 108 101 6-8 108 96 soil minerals have t ability to fix potassium, that is, to tie up potassium within the structure of the mineral. This takes potassium out o f the soil solution and prevents its leaching, but it is not available to the plant until from the mineral again. Soils which have such minerals may contain great quantities of potassium, but soil tests may not be high. On such soils response to potassium may not be apparent. is released it O th e rs Calcium and magnesium are closely related to soil pH. If pH is acceptable for the turf both o f these nutrients are usually present in adequate quantities in the northern Midwest. In some cases a need for magnesium may occur. Soil testing is the best means for deter­ mining magnesium needs. Sulfur can be leached from the soil in the sulfate form. Heavy rainfall and irrigation, especially on sandy soils, N e x t P a g e The copper and Nutrient Storage Cont. contribute to sulfate leaching. Reports of sulfur responses on turf are most common in Washington and Florida. Th is need for this n u t r i e n t w ill probably become more widespread as more stringent air pollution controls are employed which w ill reduce sulfur additions to the soil by rainfall. m i c r o n u t r i e n t s , iron, manganese, zinc, are normally present in much more than sufficient quantities for turf. If soil pH is too high, however, they are often not in available form. D eficiencies of iron are esp ecially common on shallow rooted cool season grasses (particu­ larly bentgrass and Poa annua) as well as on many o f the warm s e a s o n grasses. In the Midwest many greens have become considerably higher in pH because o f irrigation with hard water. 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It seems that the twig is still pretty bent - or straightened - by the time they leave their homes. fe lt inadequate The “ communication gap” and the “ generation gap” are indeed real. But, they always have been. I have puzzled over the term - “ ...failure to communicate” many times, because I have often in this area. On asking a student about this recently, I received a brilliant answer, and I shall no longer wonder what it that the means. He said, inability is when someone to convince me of something on which my mind is already made up.” feel to communicate tries “ I is in this confidence Those of us who work closely with students are stimulated and challenged by them. It is a thrilling experience to be a participant important formative part o f so many young lives. Our their ability to handle technical problems has never been in doubt, for they have the skills, the ambition, and the energy to do a better job than we did. 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