Winter Sports
from play on stress issues. The planning of work in-house, or through a competent specialised contractor, should be arranged and booked in, as your contractor of choice may get pre-booked or a piece of hire equipment could be unavailable. Removing the surface of unwanted grass species or weeds can be carried out when the season has finished, by using the practice of fraise mowing or “koroing”. Fraise mowing is a method of removing the playing surface plant to its crown, removing poa anna and other shallow rooted weed grasses. Koroing is designed to remove the grass, weeds and organic thatch build up from a surface, leaving a clean soil surface to work on. As a compromise, scarification can be used if the whole of the playing surface cannot be removed, but collection of the removed material would be preferable to reduce the risk of spreading seeds from unwanted weeds or grasses.
Many playing surfaces would, or do, benefit
from the application of a quality topdressing or sand application that is compatible with your rootzone. This can be applied by drop
Renovation time M
Simon Gumbrill of Campey Turf Care offers a few tips for the renovation of winter sports pitches
oving into spring and warmer weather gives us the opportunity to consider the renovation or maintenance of winter sport pitches, or other fine turf areas suffering
spreading or, more accurately, with a spinner topdresser.
Compaction can be addressed by the use of vertical and rotary decompaction tools or by a recycling dresser, if your soil types are suitable. Using a recycling dresser could save you a lot of money on the purchase of additional sand materials and topdressings.
Accurate overseeding, using a quality
approved seed mix, is of paramount importance if you are to achieve a surface of your desired grass species. Drop seeding, using a spiked roller method, is one option, but a disc overseeder will prove more accurate on seed placement, ensuring seed to soil contact and help in protecting the seed from removal by birds. But, a combination of both types of seeder will ensure an accurate coverage and optimum germination of the seed, if soil temperatures and moisture play the game. A suitable fertiliser, to ensure a balance of
requirement for the soils or new plant needs, may be required, so a soil sample test is advised. A reputable agronomist or adviser will be able to assist you with this, if required. These tips will help most playing surfaces go into the new season well prepared, and offering a free draining, more resistant playing surface and, hopefully, more tolerant of drought, or flooding, or extra play hours, but certainly an improved playing surface.
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APRIL/MAY 2012 PC 77
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