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John Mascaro is President of Turf-Tec International
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John Mascaro is President of Turf-Tec International
This municipal sports complex has bermudagrass sports fi elds
with fescue/bermuda common areas. Because they are located in
the transition zone, they overseed their bermudagrass fi elds with
perennial ryegrass in the fall for winter play. As you can see by the
trail of ryegrass leading up to the overseeded fi eld, what happened
was an employee was transporting the bags of seed to the athletic
fi eld to be overseeded and they noticed that there was a hole in
one of the bags that caused some seed to leak out. However,
they did not realize how much as coming out onto the turf. After
a week or so the Sports Turf Manager started to notice the trail
but at the time the bermuda was still growing and it did not
stick out quite like it does in the photo, after the bermudagrass
went into dormancy. Just after this photo was taken, an ALS
inhibitor selective herbicide was applied for removal of the
overseed in the unwanted areas.
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY BRIAN WINKA, CSFM, CVAC,
PARK SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF CHESTERFIELD, MO.
Editor's note: See page 12 in last month's issue for
a full article on growing grass in the transition zone
by Brian Winka.
If you would like to submit a photograph for John
Mascaro's Photo Quiz please send it to John Mascaro,
1471 Capital Circle NW, Ste # 13, Tallahassee, FL 32303
call (850) 580-4026 or email to john@turf-tec.com. If your photograph is
selected, you will receive full credit. All photos submitted will become
property of SportsTurf magazine and the Sports Turf Managers Association.
John Mascaro's Photo Quiz
Answers from page 19
This municipal sports complex has bermudagrass sports fi elds
with fescue/bermuda common areas. Because they are located in
the transition zone, they overseed their bermudagrass fi elds with
perennial ryegrass in the fall for winter play. As you can see by the
trail of ryegrass leading up to the overseeded fi eld, what happened
was an employee was transporting the bags of seed to the athletic
fi eld to be overseeded and they noticed that there was a hole in
one of the bags that caused some seed to leak out. However,
they did not realize how much as coming out onto the turf. After
a week or so the Sports Turf Manager started to notice the trail
but at the time the bermuda was still growing and it did not
stick out quite like it does in the photo, after the bermudagrass
went into dormancy. Just after this photo was taken, an ALS
inhibitor selective herbicide was applied for removal of the
call (850) 580-4026 or email to john@turf-tec.com. If your photograph is
selected, you will receive full credit. All photos submitted will become
magazine and the Sports Turf Managers Association.
John Mascaro's Photo Quiz
Answers from page 19
