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Effects of Misting and Subsurface Air Movement on Bentgrass Putting Greens

^a Dep. of Hortic., D-136 Poole Agric. Cent., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634-0319
^b Dep. of Appl. Econ. and Stat., Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634-0319

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Effect of distance from a surface fan on the velocity of mechanically induced air movement at 3 cm across a creeping bentgrass putting green, 2001–2002 (SE = standard error of the mean).

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Effect of misting in conjunction with surface fan on canopy temperature change relative to untreated turf measured at 1-m intervals across a creeping bentgrass putting green, 2001–2002 (* and NS denote significance at the 0.05 probability level and not significant, respectively; SE = standard error of the mean).

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Effect of misting in conjunction with surface fan on 2-mm-deep soil surface temperature change relative to untreated turf measured at 1-m intervals across a creeping bentgrass putting green, 2001–2002 (* and NS denote significance at the 0.05 probability level and not significant, respectively; SE = standard error of the mean).

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Effect of (A) misting and (B) subsurface air movement in conjunction with surface fan on soil temperature change at 13-mm depth measured at 1-m intervals relative to untreated turf across a creeping bentgrass putting green, 2001–2002 (* and NS denote significance at the 0.05 probability level and not significant, respectively; SE = standard error of the mean).

View larger version (16K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Effect of misting in conjunction with surface fan on canopy relative humidity change measured at 1-m intervals relative to untreated turf across a creeping bentgrass putting green, 2001–2002 (* and NS denote significance at the 0.05 probability level and not significant, respectively; SE = standard error of the mean).

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Fig. 6. Effect of misting in conjunction with surface fan on moisture content change in the top 5.7 cm of the soil measured at 1-m intervals across a creeping bentgrass putting green, 2001–2002 (* and NS denote significance at the 0.05 probability level and not significant, respectively; SE = standard error of the mean).