Compound growth
ORH 3222C - Turfgrass Culture
University of Florida - Fort Lauderdale

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Warm-season turfgrasses have a considerable capacity for geometric or compound growth. Busey and Myers (1979) demonstrated that common bermudagrass has a capacity for a 9% compound daily growth rate, assuming ample sunlight, nutrients, water, and suppression of pests. At that rate, a square meter of turfgrass, frequently redivided as sprigs and replanted, would in one year cover half the land area of the earth.