Cycling of manure nutrients through turfgrass sod could affect groundwater quality. The fate of nutrients in transplanted fertilizer-or manure-grown sod of Tifway bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon L.Pers. X C. transvaalensis Burtt-Davey) was compared with that in composted dairy manure (CDM) applied to a sprigged treatment. Leaching loss of NO 3 -N and dissolved P (DP) in filtrate (<0.45 mm) of leachate was compared among sodded and sprigged treatments during periods 0-50, 60-110, and 330-380 d after planting in lysimeters. In addition, recovery of N and P in turfgrass clippings and a sand medium was quantified. Maintenance applications of CDM or fertilizer P were top-dressed starting 60 d after planting. Leachate was collected and sampled over three simulated rain events during each of the three sampling periods. From 0 d to 50 d after planting, leaching loss of NO 3 -N from sprigged Tifway totaled 2.0 g m À2 and was 10 times greater than loss from CDM-grown or fertilizer-grown sod. In contrast, DP loss in leachate was 0.02 g m À2 and similar among treatments. Surface applications of CDM and fertilizer P and N increased concentration and mass of total Kjeldahl N (TKN) and soil-test P (STP) in surface or subsurface layers of the sand medium. Yet, NO 3 -N mass in leachate collected over three simulated rain events ranged from 0.0 to only 1.0% of applied N from 60-110 d and 330-380 d after planting. Leaching loss of NO 3 -N did not differ between the sodded and sprigged treatments after two topdressings of CDM. Similarly, the DP mass recovered in leachate was small ( 0.013 g m À1 ) and did not differ among treatments during the latter two sampling periods. The mass loss of DP in leachate was typically less than the DP mass applied through irrigation or simulated rain. Importing CDM in sod reduces NO 3 -N leaching loss compared to sprigged turfgrass amended with CDM, but NO 3 -N and DP leaching losses are similar during maintenance of CDM-grown and fertilizer-grown sod from 60-110 d to 330-380 d after transplanting.

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