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29 October 2015

Changes in Soil CEC Levels After Applying Suståne 5-2-4 to Sand Based Putting Greens

Chris Paire - Golf Course Superintendent, Southern Trace Country Club, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1993TurfEnv6

Chris Paire, Golf Course Superintendent at Southern Trace Country Club applied 20 lb./1000 Sustane 5-2-4 to all greens between 12-8-92 and 4-20-93 for the purpose of providing broad spectrum plant nutrition and increasing cation exchange capacity in high sand content golf greens. Soil test results shown below indicate a 254% increase in C.E.C. between the pre-treatment analyses and the post-treatment analyses.

 

 

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