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http://dx.doi.org/10.5660/WTS.2015.4.4.405

Present State of Turf Management of School Playgrounds in Gyeonggi Province of Korea  

Han, Sang Wook (Environmental Agriculture Research Dept., Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Soh, Ho Seob (Environmental Agriculture Research Dept., Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Won, Seon Yi (Environmental Agriculture Research Dept., Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
Ju, Young Cheoul (Environmental Agriculture Research Dept., Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
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Weed & Turfgrass Science / v.4, no.4, 2015 , pp. 405-412 More about this Journal
Abstract
Forty schools having natural turf playgrounds were investigated by on-spot investigation and oral interviews with relevant school officials to find out basic information on turfgrass management practices of school playgrounds in Gyeonggi province. Average area of playground was $3,890m^2$ per school and $12m^2$ per student. Ninety five percent of turf playgrounds were managed by school staff and ninety percent of schools spent less than 5 million won per year for turf management. The difficulties in turfgrass management were considered as a major challenge for the schools, followed by turfgrass management cost. Among the management practices, school officials pointed out weed management as the most difficult work, followed by irrigation. The average number of fertilization and mowing was 2 and 6 times per year, respectively. About the half of playgrounds were irrigated only when there was wilting symptom. Zoysiagrass was the most popular choice for the school playgrounds and only three school playgrounds were established with pop-up irrigation system. Fourteen school playgrounds had good turf quality but the rest of school playgrounds had inadequate turf quality requiring minor or full renovation.
Keywords
Gyeonggi province; Management practice; Natural turfgrass; School playground; Turf management;
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