Firm, fast and furious

[Jon Wiggett]

Try firm and fast on a predominately poa course and see what happens....oh, if you have enough money you can make anything work for awhile, but eventually you can't control the outcome.

What does this mean? That if you hold back irrigation, Poa dies?

John,

if you keep the sward dry and lean on nutrition then the poa will be reduced and finer grasses will increase. You will never get rid of poa entirely but then why should you as long as it is not dominant it lend needed variety to the sward.

Jon

[Craig Sweet]

The management required of poa can vary from course to course....there's so many sub-types.  Heavy irrigation might work on one course, but not on another...I am simply saying that you can't automatically, and suddenly, change turf management practices on a course that consist of mostly poa and avoid problems.

[John Connolly]

The management required of poa can vary from course to course....there's so many sub-types.  Heavy irrigation might work on one course, but not on another...I am simply saying that you can't automatically, and suddenly, change turf management practices on a course that consist of mostly poa and avoid problems.

Craig,
Here's a thread from 2005 discussing the "problem" of poa. It would appear that drier firmer conditions select away from poa and encourage the bent grasses to better compete. Poa eradication seems to be a fool's errand - symbiosis seems to be the ticket. Maybe like living with your mother-in-law .... just do the best you can with it.

http://www.golfclubatlas.com/forum/index.php/topic,19780.0/wap2.html