The Seeding and Care of Golf Courses • sf? 



RESEEDING 



]r> ESEEDiNG of wom spots should be done in the fall of 

 -l\. each year or, in severe climates, before the spring roll- 

 ing. In the fall when the ground is hard a seeder equipped 

 with small discs for cutting the seed into the ground may 

 be used to advantage. In the spring the ground is likely to 

 be sufficiently moist to make such an implement unnec- 

 essary. 



Bare spots on the green may be "patched with sod taken 

 from the nursery, cut thick and transplanted immediately. 

 Seed for the greens should be kept on hand constantly and 

 sown on bare places as they appear. Sow when the ground 

 is moist or immediately before a rain. 



FERTILIZING 



J~^ ERTiLiziNG during the summer season stimulates the 

 J^ turf at a time when its growth is naturally slow. The 

 necessary constant watering, too, deprives the top-soil of 

 much soluble plant food which should be replaced. Some 

 form of prepared fertilizer may be used which mixes readily 

 with the soil and does not become a nuisance to the players. 

 A recommended top-dressing for reviving the greens dur- 

 ing hot, dry weather is composed of two parts of loam to 

 one part of mushroom soil or well rotted manure, with an 

 addition of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia. This 

 dressing is applied in an amount sufficient to be quite no- 

 ticeable on the greens after it is brushed in. The chemical 

 constituent need not exceed one and one-half pounds for 

 one thousand square feet. After the greens are top-dressed, 

 water them thoroughly, but in such a manner as to avoid 

 washing the dressing 

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