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7. Fertilisation, turfing with washed turf and re- establishment
The timescale for all this work was hugely reliant on the weather and, as we know, the wettest autumn for some years was followed by the ‘big freeze’ with snow in excess of 10 inches.
Activity Timetable
Contractor appointed Work commences
Turf and topsoil removal, subsoil grading and topsoil spread and grade
Drainage and irrigation installed
Rootzone spread Turfing completed Outfield maintained Outfield ready for play
Timing Aug 09 Sep 09
Sep/Oct 09
Nov/Dec 09 Jan 10
Feb 10
Mar 10 -A Apr 10
Apr 10
White Horse Contractors moved in on 28th September, just one week after the final One Day International against Australia, to begin the work. Little did they know at the time what lay ahead, weather wise! The 1.8 hectare outfield was
that the contractor can, at least, lay 80mm of fresh rootzone and get the washed turf down in readiness for the new season. However, snow and
allow them to attempt to complete the drainage in the best trenching conditions for some weeks. In such conditions, it took a few
temperatures of minus 9O
koroed off and the sub soil regraded. This was followed by topdressing - all carried out in reasonable weather. However, as soon as the drainage work commenced (at 5m spacing), the weather deteriorated rapidly, with torrential rain and snow accounting for forty-five working days lost out of sixty- three! Work on site was heavily
disrupted, and it may mean that some of the work will be rescheduled for autumn 2010 so
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hours to get machinery thawed out and, in some cases, unstuck from the boards on which they were parked on overnight. The drainage work was completed by the end of January. At the time of writing, White
Horse were hoping that the cold weather would continue, which would allow them to travel over the formation and place the rootzone.
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With the irrigation already in place, they were hoping to have the washed turf laid by the end of February.
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