Salinity and leaching

Brian Whitlark's Managing Salinity in Putting Greens article in the Green Section Record is full of practical advice for keeping salt in the soil at a level the grass can tolerate. Here are some key points I noted from the article:

1. If the turf is damaged from salinity, the problem is usually drainage, not just water quality. 2. Salinity in greens is overwhelmingly a surface phenomenon, happening in areas of poor surface drainage and where there is high organic…