RESEARCH REPORT
Fertilizer Influences on Soil and Turf Quality
Table 2. Bentgrass Color ratings*
| Fertilizer treatment | Color rating means | Standard deviation | ||||
| July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Season | ||
| EXP 6200 | 7.62 | 7.78 | 8.31 | 7.18 | 7.85 | 0.03 |
| EXP 7170 | 7.64 | 6.69 | 8.26 | 7.19 | 7.74 | .013 |
| EXP 1011 | 7.62 | 7.70 | 8.29 | 7.25 | 7.72 | 0.04 |
| EXP 1628 | 7.73 | 7.95 | 8.38 | 7.32 | 7.73 | 0.06 |
| Spring Valley 21-3-12 | 7.58 | 7.55 | 8.19 | 7.18 | 7.64 | 0.08 |
| Spring Valley 12-1-12 | 7.75 | 7.77 | 8.44 | 7.28 | 7.83 | 0.02 |
| Carbo-Aid | 7.84 | 8.06 | 8.43 | 7.36 | 7.95 | 0.07 |
| NPR 12-3-10 | 7.64 | 7.67 | 8.32 | 7.29 | 7.74 | 0.05 |
| Creekwood 4-5-3 | 7.58 | 7.87 | 8.32 | 7.28 | 7.76 | .014 |
| Natural Science 12-0-0 | 7.76 | 7.78 | 8.40 | 7.28 | 7.83 | 0.14 |
| LOrganic-8 | 7.63 | 7.82 | 8.38 | 7.34 | 7.74 | 0.08 |
| Country Club | 7.53 | 7.58 | 8.21 | 7.18 | 7.63 | 0.10 |
| LSD (P=0.05) | .12 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.12 | -- |
* Scale 1 to 9; 1 =brown, 7 =minimally acceptable; 9 =excessively green.
Table 3. Bentgrass clipping concentrations of N,P, and K.
| Clipping concentrations | ||||||
| Fertilizer treatment | N | P | K | |||
| --------- % --------- | ||||||
| EXP 6200 | 3.72 | 0.59 | 1.56 | |||
| EXP 7170 | 3.65 | 0.59 | 2.03 | |||
| EXP 1011 | 3.72 | 0.58 | 2.14 | |||
| EXP 1628 | 3.77 | 0.56 | 2.03 | |||
| Spring Valley 21-3-12 | 3.53 | 0.57 | 1.91 | |||
| Spring Valley 12-1-12 | 3.62 | 0.57 | 1.99 | |||
| Carbo-Aid | 3.90 | 0.61 | 2.10 | |||
| NPR 12-3-10 | 3.56 | 0.61 | 2.14 | |||
| Creekwood 4-5-3 | 3.53 | 0.61 | 2.03 | |||
| Natural Science 12-0-0 | 3.69 | 0.60 | 2.02 | |||
| LOrganic-8 | 3.62 | 0.56 | 1.90 | |||
| Country Club | 3.59 | 0.54 | 1.98 | |||
| LSD (P=0.05) | .14 | 0.06 | 0.22 | |||
Means for clippings collected July 11 and October 24. | ||||||
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