Re-establishment of green turfgrass after winter damage, spring 2009
Summary
Quick re-establishment of putting surfaces suffering from winter injuries can be vital for the golf club economy. Reseeding into dead turf is a challenging task and the results are often disappointing.
This full-scale demonstration experiment at two golf greens will compare traditional reseeding with radical removal of all thatch before seeding. The main objective is to see how fast a green can be re-established, but the costs and subsequent playing quality will also be reported.
A chipping green at Vestfold golf club was sprayed with herbicide in autumn 2008 to be prepared for re-establishment. Another partly or completely dead green will be selected for the experiment in spring 2009. Greenkeepers and others will be invited to evaluate these experiments on field days.
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Category: Overwintering
Status: Finished
Project period: November 2008 – November 2009
Fundings (kSEK)
| 2008 | 2009 | Total | |
| STERF |
- |
50 |
50 |
| Others |
- |
50 |
50 |
| Total |
- |
100 |
100 |
Project participants
Agnar Kvalbein
Researcher & Consultant
Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Section for Urban Greening and Environmental Technology. Landvik, Reddalsveien 215, 4886 Grimstad
About STERF
STERF is a research foundation that supports existing and future R&D efforts and delivers ‘ready-to-use research results’ that benefit the Nordic golf sector. STERF was set up in 2006 by the golf federations in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Nordic Greenkeepers’ Associations.
