many guises. There are pedestrian scarifiers of varying effectiveness, and tractor mounted scarifiers that will decimate your surface and take a very great deal out in their wake.
Whichever form is available to you, it is important that you make prudent use of it and remove this fibrous mass from your profile, and create a clean surface with excellent grooves, which might have been ready made for creating new growth for the following season.
By scarifying in a variety of different
directions we can ensure that all bases are covered by removing as much thatch as possible, and then creating an excellent seed bed for new growth. Don’t be alarmed by the severity of such scarification, as the old maxim ‘you
have to be cruel to be kind’ is entirely appropriate in this instance. By ripping out all of the weak growth and thatch present in your square you will be giving yourself the opportunity to increase the percentage of strong new growth and improve the quality of your surface.
Okay, so we know what we have, how do we go about improving it?
We are armed with all the information we need and we know which particular issues are the ones we need to address. All we need now are the resources to do it.
If you plan to go down the DIY route then, obviously, most clubs don’t have all of the equipment necessary to do a successful renovation. For a small joining
fee, however, your friendly local County Groundsman’s Association does have the equipment. So, if you need to hire, get in touch with them first, and early, to avoid disappointment.
If the equipment is already booked out to all of those forward thinking clubs who booked it up at the start of the season, then look to hire companies to get the relevant equipment, and/or get some competitive quotes in from contractors. Hire companies can be both excellent and awful. You will need to take a good look at any equipment you are going to hire, or take a trained colleague along to see that the blades on the scarifier, for example, are going to do the job you require - the same with any other
Thatch hit for six!
Graden’s range of machinery dramatically speeds up essential de-thatching and aereating jobs, to achieve the perfect sports surface.
With five models to choose from - GS04, GBS1200, Contour Sand Injection, Swing Wing and Roller, Graden have all the ground covered.
Kensett Sports Sole importers:
The Officers’ Mess, Coldstream Road, Caterham Barracks, Caterham, Surrey CR3 5QX
Tel: +44 (0) 1883 342632 Email:
info@kensettsports.com www.kensettsports.com
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