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From: Howard Brazee on 18 Apr 2010 13:01 On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:47:43 -0700 (PDT), Manco <musefan2009(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Of course golf course keepers use tons of chemicals to kill any weeds >on the greens and fairways. And it often works. -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison
From: Billy on 18 Apr 2010 16:25 In article <tlems59i4s3vpircm0f1ujio8gkv9r5atf(a)4ax.com>, Howard Brazee <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:47:43 -0700 (PDT), Manco > <musefan2009(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Of course golf course keepers use tons of chemicals to kill any weeds > >on the greens and fairways. > > And it often works. While it kills anything natural around it e.g. soil organisms, insects, natural plants, and leaves behind a residue of death (biocides). -- - Billy "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arn3lF5XSUg http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zinn/HZinn_page.html
From: JohnO on 18 Apr 2010 16:45 On Apr 18, 11:23 pm, "Fred Williams" <no...(a)nowhere.ca> wrote: > brooklyn1 wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:23:39 +1000, "David Hare-Scott" > > <sec...(a)nospam.com> wrote: > > >> Fred Williams wrote: > >>> I've never seen weeds on greens, even on the > >>> cheapest of golf courses. So does that mean > >>> that the grass used for greens repels weeds > >>> or is it because of the skills of green-keepers? > > >>> The reason I ask, is because I would like to > >>> make part of my lawn suitable for putting on. > > >>> Would overseeding with green-type seed do, or > >>> do I have to clear a patch down to the earth (no > >>> big deal) and start afresh? > > >>> What seed would you recommend for Southern > >>> Ontario (Canada)? > > >>> tia > > >>> Fred > > >> If you want a putting green be prepared for seeding, watering, > >> fertilising, spraying, watering, cutting, rolling, aerating, > >> cutting, mowing, watering, fertilising, seeding, paying, watering, > >> fertilising, spraying, watering, cutting, aerating, cutting, paying, > >> mowing, rolling, watering, fertilising, seeding, watering, > >> fertilising, spraying, watering, cutting, aerating, cutting, mowing, > >> watering, fertilising and paying. > > >> And you will get to putt on it too. Sounds like fun. > > >> David > > > Link from astroturf.com: > >http://www.synlawn.com/artificial_grass_systems/golf_putting_greens_s... > > Thanks. I'll see if I can afford it. Also see southwestgreens.com
From: Fred Williams on 18 Apr 2010 17:30 JohnO wrote: > On Apr 18, 11:23 pm, "Fred Williams" <no...(a)nowhere.ca> wrote: >> brooklyn1 wrote: >>> On Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:23:39 +1000, "David Hare-Scott" >>> <sec...(a)nospam.com> wrote: >> >>>> Fred Williams wrote: >>>>> I've never seen weeds on greens, even on the >>>>> cheapest of golf courses. So does that mean >>>>> that the grass used for greens repels weeds >>>>> or is it because of the skills of green-keepers? >> >>>>> The reason I ask, is because I would like to >>>>> make part of my lawn suitable for putting on. >> >>>>> Would overseeding with green-type seed do, or >>>>> do I have to clear a patch down to the earth (no >>>>> big deal) and start afresh? >> >>>>> What seed would you recommend for Southern >>>>> Ontario (Canada)? >> >>>>> tia >> >>>>> Fred >> >>>> If you want a putting green be prepared for seeding, watering, >>>> fertilising, spraying, watering, cutting, rolling, aerating, >>>> cutting, mowing, watering, fertilising, seeding, paying, watering, >>>> fertilising, spraying, watering, cutting, aerating, cutting, >>>> paying, mowing, rolling, watering, fertilising, seeding, watering, >>>> fertilising, spraying, watering, cutting, aerating, cutting, >>>> mowing, watering, fertilising and paying. >> >>>> And you will get to putt on it too. Sounds like fun. >> >>>> David >> >>> Link from astroturf.com: >>> http://www.synlawn.com/artificial_grass_systems/golf_putting_greens_s... >> >> Thanks. I'll see if I can afford it. > > Also see southwestgreens.com Thanks! Our local supplier: http://www.torontoputtinggreens.com/
From: Dinosaur_Sr on 18 Apr 2010 19:35
On Apr 17, 4:59 pm, "Fred Williams" <no...(a)nowhere.ca> wrote: > I've never seen weeds on greens, even on the > cheapest of golf courses. So does that mean > that the grass used for greens repels weeds > or is it because of the skills of green-keepers? > > The reason I ask, is because I would like to > make part of my lawn suitable for putting on. > > Would overseeding with green-type seed do, or > do I have to clear a patch down to the earth (no > big deal) and start afresh? > > What seed would you recommend for Southern > Ontario (Canada)? > > tia > > Fred Weeds on the greens means they don't use herbicides, and IMHO that's terrific. No way to keep weeds off the greens without herbicides...although I suppose you could get intense about pulling them. |