Author: John R. Hall III, Extension Agronomist, Turfgrass Management, Virginia Tech
Publication Number 460-127, January 1997
Figure 10. Five-year thatch development on Plush Kentucky bluegrass grown on surface-mined soils with different soil amendments. From left to right; unamended check, sawdust, sludge, and topsoil.
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