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Crow Damage on Bowls Green
Paul in Wimbledon has a problem with some very streetwise crows. So far Paul has investigated for leatherjackets and has ascertained that thatch levels are under control. I’ll let Paul tell the story here and then continue the conversation in the comments area. All input and ideas or experiences from other readers very welcome. Let’s …
Bowls Greens don’t have beds!
I often hear the phrase “putting the green to bed” at this time of year. It is the most frustrating thing to hear because I don’t know of any club that can afford the luxury of stopping work on the green now. The autumn and winter period is the most important time to get on …
Dealing with Snow and Ice on Your Green
A couple of years ago we were hit by severe snow and ice in some parts of the country and it raised a few questions about how best to deal with severe winter weather on bowling greens. I am re-visiting this today as a timely reminder now that we are in the winter season. Hopefully …
Preventative fungicide
The agronomic advice received by many clubs with regard to winter maintenance is just wrong and no where is this more prevalent than in the advice given about fungal disease prevention. A healthy, living soil contains many different types of fungi and only a few of them are potentially harmful to the green. If the …
Deal with thatch and compaction Now
Regular readers of my articles will know my views on bowling green maintenance problems; essentially there are only 2 that you have to worry about. Everything else that goes wrong with greens is a symptom of these big 2 issues or indeed a symptom of the commonly held views on how to tackle the big …
Slit tining bowls greens
Last week I had a guy tell me that slit tining is old fashioned and worthless in bowling green maintenance. In its place he offered deep solid tining (usually referred to as verti-draining). This involves taking a tractor onto the bowling green and bursting vertical holes into the green at close spacing to a depth …
Ice Age… Free!
We have received a lot of enquiries over the past few days asking for advice on dealing with the snow and ice on bowling greens and the aftermath: The main concern during and after snow cover is the potential for the outbreak of snow mould which is caused by the same fungal pathogen as fusarium …
Bowling Green Opening Day Preparations Step 2. Action Plan
The Bowling Green Opening Day preparations are vital to the playability of the green in the early weeks of the season, but don't try to force things along too much. John Quinn details some of the most important considerations for this critical period in bowls green maintenance
Mycorrhizal fungi and turf health, better bowling greens rely on us understanding this.
Mycorrhizal fungi and turf health go hand in hand. The symbiotic relationships that exist between our turf grass plants and soil fungi are critical to producing a high performance, perennial grass dominated sward. Here we look at the benefits of mycorrhizal relationships in turf and the techniques greenkeepers can employ to encourage them.