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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Poa Adaptation

The light colored grass is Poa annua, the dark colored is creeping bentgrass. Notice how the Poa annua in the middle is consistent and not mixed with the bentgrass. This happens to be the wettest area on grass courts 7-12, which means the soil ends up having less oxygen. The Poa annua can tolerate the anaerobic conditions in growing season better and therefore dominates the area.
The bentgrass is also in a line going north/south, between courts, an area that gets little traffic.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Why is this variety called Poa? If it's Hawaiian grass it might be put to better use - for medicinal purposes only, of course.

Tim Burns said...

Mike, the new format looks good.

Unknown said...

I agree with burns, I like the new colors/fonts...well done

Unknown said...

I like the new designs and presentations - looking forward to streaming videos with Tim as the commentator.

Perhaps you could have a "Dirtiest groundskeeper" award.

Unknown said...

Looking forward to videos with Mike as the commentator when he is actually teaching us something - Tim acts the the straight man setting people up for comedy sketches (whether they realize it or not).

Sort of like the Chevy Chase of LCC.