Well here we are at the end of another bowling season. It’s hard to believe that it’s that time already. On my travels around I’ve spotted the usual signs that autumn is coming with some clubs still stacking up the top dressing ready for the renovation onslaught. How I wish more clubs would re-think that …
There has been a flurry of enquiries this week about winter maintenance practices, one of my favourite subjects as regulars will know. Anyway, although I might not have said it all before click here for a selection of related articles. There is also an in-depth report on winter maintenance here
Autumn-Winter Bowling Green Maintenance Guide Recovery, renovation and preparation to ensure your green gets off to a flying start next season. Buy Now in the Book Shop How has your bowling green performed this season? If the answer is “brilliantly”! we truly have a high performance bowling green, then congratulations you probably need read …
We are getting an increasing number of enquiries about the correct process for Autumn bowling green maintenance at the moment. Here are my top 10 tips for autumn maintenance: DO NOT TOPDRESS Remove as much thatch as possible. Create air space in the top 100mm of the green Relieve Compaction Treat LDP by applying wetting …
I've had a lot of requests to supply a general set of recommendations for winter maintenance for bowling greens. Although the full program for any green should be based on a thorough inspection and soil analysis, there are some general rules you can follow. I've also put together a suggested package of materials to help you apply this program more easily.
Winter Greenkeeping Strategies have to a large extent been based on preventative fungicide, putting the green to bed and hoping for the best. This overlooks the huge opportunity greenkeepers have to make a real difference through applying some sound Winter Greenkeeping Strategies right through the closed months.
Autumn Bowling Green Maintenance always raises a lot of questions. Top dressing continues to be the most concerning topic for many readers. Should we top dress? Is it OK not to? And...if we do, what should we use? Master Greenkeeper John Quinn answers readers' most pressing queries about Autumn Bowling Green Maintenance.
Bowling Green Maintenance Diary July Here we are at the height of summer and the busiest playing time on the bowing green and a busy time for the greenkeeper. If the weather hasn’t been too hot and water levels are correct, then you should still be seeing steady daily growth which means the mower will …
Thanks to everyone who downloaded the free winter maintenance report at the start of the winter. Now here we are approaching the Christmas holidays and I don’t think many of you will have been able to implement much of the work that I recommend both in the Winter Maintenance Guide and in Performance Bowling Greens, …
A few readers have asked for guidance on what work they should be carrying out on the green on a month to month basis. Now of course conditions across the UK are widely varied at the moment; some areas in the south are free from frost, whilst here in Perthshire we can have very hard …
