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Managing the Penn A and Penn G bentgrasses.(GREEN SCIENCE)
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Golfscape
- Article date:
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July 1, 2004
- Author:
- Litrenta, Jeff
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The Penn A and Penn G bentgrasses have been available to superintendents for more than 10 years and during that time have received firm acknowledgement that they are, indeed, advanced varieties whose characteristics truly provide quality putting surfaces.
Since their introduction, there have been some misconceptions about the A's and G's, especially pertaining to the costs and effort needed to maintain them. With time, most of these false impressions have faded, as superintendents have found these tolerant bentgrasses not difficult, but merely different to manage than older bents, and less expensive, too, since they need fewer inputs such as fertilizer, water and ...