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Choosing the right grass (Thailand)

Choosing the right grass (Thailand)

Discusses the grasses that will produce the optimum playing conditions with a minimum of inputs. Presented in Bangkok at The R&A Seminar on Sustainable Golf Course Design, Renovation, and Maintenance in Asia

Micah Woods

March 10, 2016
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  1. Choosing the right grass Micah Woods Chief Scientist | Asian

    Turfgrass Center www.asianturfgrass.com The R&A Seminar on Sustainable Golf Course Design, Renovation, and Maintenance in Asia March 2016
  2. It depends on location • Cool-season grass: mean annual temperature

    < 14° • Warm-season grass: mean annual temperature > 20° • Transition zone: mean annual temperature from 14 to 20°. Warm- season or cool-season grasses can grow. Warm-season usually have lower inputs.
  3. If cool-season grasses are used . • The species likely

    to give the best conditions with the lowest inputs in East Asia are creeping bentgrass (for tee, fairway, green) and tall fescue or fine fescue in higher cut areas.
  4. It also depends on water • What is the irrigation

    requirement? • [ET minus effective precipitation] adjusted for irrigated area, DU, and water source • What is the quantity of water available? • What is the quality of the water available?
  5. Wiecko, 2000 Bermudagrass does not perform well as a managed

    turfgrass in East and Southeast Asia.
  6. manilagrass fairway Philippines This used to be a bermudagrass fairway.

    Not anymore. The transition happened naturally.
  7. These are the grasses during the fourth week of the

    experiment in December 2013. simulated fairway turf Thailand
  8. Zoysia matrella was 22% more efficient in water use and

    25% more efficient in N use. It does not require as much water or nitrogen to produce a dense sward. measuring water use Thailand
  9. Tree shade is pleasant on a tropical golf course; what

    other grass is so versatile? tropical carpetgrass Thailand
  10. Tolerant of heat, sun, shade, few diseases or insect or

    weed problems tropical carpetgrass Singapore