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and served his apprenticeship on a farm. He is responsible for overseeing all the work at the main stadium.
Dieter has over thirty staff working at various grounds around the city, looking after fourteen football pitches and various other sports facilities. The stadium pitch was
reconstructed, changing from the old, heavy soil based pitch to a 70/30 sand/soil rootzone profile. The pitch now has undersoil heating and a fully automated pop up watering system. Dieter employs two full time, qualified sportsturf groundsmen at the BayArena. The pitch is cut with a combination of ride on Toro triple and pedestrian mowers, maintaining a sward height of 25mm in the summer, 28mm in the winter and 22-23mm for Champions League matches. Cutting continues on a daily basis during the growing season (April-
September). The pitch is usually mown in alternating directions for each pass, but the final cut before a game is across the pitch to aid the officials with offside decisions.
Dieter applies a granular feed on a little and often basis along with any other micronutrient requirements, with a focus on K²O (potassium oxide) and Mg (magnesium) and little use of phosphor (P). Regular core samples are taken to monitor root depth and condition of the soil profile.
The pitch is dew brushed every morning along with recording soil temperatures and moisture content. A heavy aeration
programme is instigated to reduce compaction, encourage deeper rooting and reduce the chance of any black layer forming.
Dieter uses a combination of hollow and solid tines
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