Project Number: 1932-12000-004-05
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Aug 01, 2007
End Date: Jul 31, 2012

Objective:
The goals of this collaboration are to 1) Determine the criteria necessary for use of constructed soils for playing fields through studying the development of a baseball park, soccer park, or a 9 hole par three golf course with the best of current design and technology; 2) Establish and monitor/sample experimental plots which will be used to test the efficacy of constructed soil protocols developed by the AFSRC Constructed Soils research group and its Virginia Tech cooperators.

Approach:
The proposed NFCA is intended to bring together a landowner with a significant turfgrass project that requires constructed soils, Virginia Tech faculty and students with knowledge of playing field and golf course construction and related soils management, and the AFSRC constructed soils for turfgrass applications group. It will also result in a three acre research/demonstration site where constructed soils recipes can be tested and their efficacy presented to the community.