Essential Greenkeeping tasks for April include Scarification, moss control, microbe boosting, disease prevention and keeping the surface clear of worm casts. Now is the time to make soil nutrient balance corrections and to get some starter fertiliser and bio-stimulants on to boost soil microbial activity and get the grass growing well. Take advantage of my soil analysis service for a positive start to the season with a done for you greenkeeping schedule.
Essential Greenkeeping tasks for March include aeration, moss control, microbe boosting, disease prevention and keeping the surface clear of worm casts. Now is the time to make soil nutrient balance corrections and to get some starter fertiliser and bio-stimulants on to boost soil microbial activity and get the grass growing well. Take advantage of my soil analysis service for a positive start to the 2019 season with a done for you greenkeeping schedule.
Essential Greenkeeping tasks for November include aeration, disease prevention and keeping the surface clear of worm casts.
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.
Greenkeeping Tasks for September and October have become to some degree a bit repetitive. This would be fine if the desired results followed, but in the majority of cases this can't be said to be true. This month John explains the science behind the perfect autumn renovation plan to get your green started down the road to consistent high performance.
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 …
Spring bowling green renovation should be focussed on 3 main components: 1. the completion of the winter, deep aeration program 2. rejuvenation and aeration of the green surface 3. nutritional corrections On greens in the non-drought affected areas of the UK, it should still be OK to carry out slit tining. This is the last …
We spike to alleviate compaction and introduce more air into the soil. Ok, our first web search term question. I’ll try to follow this format for all questions, i.e. the question will be the title of the post, there will be a concise, one sentence answer in block quotes for those in a hurry and …
Spring is upon us. The new bowling season is, or will soon be under-way and there still seems like so much to do to get the green ready for play. Today, I am going to give an overview of the work that should be going on at the green and over the coming weeks I …
