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Master Greenkeeper John Quinn is the author of Performance Bowling Greens, and several other titles on Greenkeeping, Club and Business Management.

LDP, localised dry patch on bolwing green

Greens are Baking, we have to act Now to avoid Autumn Renovation failures

Across the UK this summer, bowling greens are being baked in the intense summer heat. Weeks of hot, dry weather have left surfaces bare, cracked, and rock-hard. For many clubs, the underlying soil has crossed into a more serious condition — hydrophobicity — where the soil physically repels water, a phenomenon known as Localised Dry Patch.

If that’s where your green is today, you’ve got a problem.

You can simply can't wait until your usual mid-September renovation

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