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1. Larry Allan

   

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   6/30/2015 1:06 PM

   1/ Is anyone doing it?
   2/ Is there any such thing as a spec for a pushup green?

   
   
   
   
2. Clay Putnam

   

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   6/30/2015 3:06 PM

   Built 11 sudo-pushup greens 8 years ago. We basically blended, 50/50, topsoil & sand and built the greens to allow for surface drainage over the entire area of the green. Seeded to Penn Cross and hammer them with paclobutrazol to keep the poa out. So far so good. Have a couple greens that have some minor poa, maybe 5%. No problems to speak of other than the Penn Cross gets grainy from time to time. As for specs, I am unaware of specs. Let your mind wander.

   
   
   
   
3. Flanagan Darren C

   
   7/1/2015 2:07 AM

   Larry
   
   I have had push up greens made of everything from cotton mulch/topsoil mix to sand/topsoil/soil blend. They all work it just takes different management inputs based on rainfall, pH, turf type etc.... The key with pushups is surface drainage, as long as the water can get off you really don't have to worry too much.
   
   There really are not specs that I know of, as long as the growing medium allows you to produce a surface it's all good.
   
   Darren

   
   
   
   
4. Larry Allan

   

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   7/1/2015 5:07 AM

   Thanks Guys, appreciated

   
   
   
   
5. Patrick Reinhardt

   

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   7/1/2015 2:07 PM

   The new Coore and Crenshaw course called Trinity Forest in Dallas is being built on push up greens.

   
   
   
   
6. Steven Kurta

   

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   7/2/2015 7:07 AM

   Built one california-style and one push-up with locally sourced and blended topsoil + brewers waste in the last 14 years here. They both do fine, though the push-up is more resilient and less prone to big swings in soil moisture deficits. If we do anymore, they'll be push-up just for their resiliency -- and what Clay and Darren said about surface drainage -- same.

   
   
   
   
7. Hardy Andrew

   
   7/2/2015 9:07 AM

   Larry Allan said: 1/ Is anyone doing it?
   2/ Is there any such thing as a spec for a pushup green?

   
   
   
   We built one last year. Soil sucks, but the bent is fantastic. Feel free to visit if you'd like

   
   
   
   
8. Steven Huffstutler

   

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   7/2/2015 10:07 AM

   Andrew Hardy said:

   Larry Allan said: 1/ Is anyone doing it?
   2/ Is there any such thing as a spec for a pushup green?

   
   
   
   We built one last year. Soil sucks, but the bent is fantastic. Feel free to visit if you'd like

   
   
   
   
   He wont visit. That would mean leaving his garage.

   
   
   
   
9. Larry Allan

   

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   7/2/2015 12:07 PM

   I prefer to call it a "Northern Lanai"