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Greg Chambers

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Re: When will Bent Grass get some love on GCA
« Reply #50 on: August 07, 2015, 10:17:45 PM »
With the newer strands requiring 20-30% less water and the blades growing more vertical, when will GCAers include it in their 3 by 5 note cards?


I'm still waiting for your source on your claim of 20-30% less water. Thx

A close friend who is a keeper and has the new strands.  Ur welcome


So your claim that the new bentgrasses require a quarter to almost a third less water than the old bentgrasses is based on a sample size of one?  And what was your superintendent friend growing before, to realize these dramatic results?  How long has your superintendent friend been managing these new bentgrasses?

3 years managing the new grasses.  I'm sure he has seen a few years of studies on the grass selections he went with.  You think a keeper just picks grass willy nilly?  The sample size is larger, I just stated what you wanted me too, did I not.  You can be a negative one if you like.  Cutting water by 25%-33% is pretty impressive, don't you think Greg?


Not being negative, Ben, I'm skeptical.  I managed "old" bentgrasses for years and years.  The old bents perform just as well as the new bents, if managed properly.  And therein lies the crux.
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BCowan

Re: When will Bent Grass get some love on GCA New
« Reply #51 on: August 07, 2015, 10:35:41 PM »
Greg,

   Skeptical is good.  I agree in that regard and how its managed.  So do you prefer German bent over PD?  I totally disagree with you that the old bents are as good as the new bents.  The science speaks for itself. 
« Last Edit: August 08, 2015, 09:40:13 PM by Ben Cowan (Michigan) »

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