When were the good old days of bowling? 1950’s? 1960’s?
For me, although I wasn’t around then, this makes a lot of sense, because it ties in nicely with a huge change in agricultural practices in the UK. This led to big changes for greenkeeping too.
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BioActive RZ, Rootzone Improver (20kg)
Balanced consortium of mycorrhizae fungi in root zone. Increased mineral nutrient uptake, increased plant stress tolerance, pest and disease resistance.
BioActive RZ™ combines beneficial microbes with a vegetable based source of continuous release micro-nutrients, trace minerals, fulvic and humic acids.
Autumn and Winter Greenkeeping Guide (Ebook)
New updated edition of one of our most popular EBooks for 2024 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 no further. However, if your club is like many I speak to then its probable that …
A note on the ecology of greens (and squirrels)
Understanding that the ecology of greens exists and what that means is more important for greenkeepers than understanding how that ecology works or indeed any of the scientific components of ecology in isolation. Stepping back and letting nature do its stuff can yield remarkable results.
In this article you'll discover how some commonly applied greenkeeping techniques are actually rather blunt instruments that can result in more harm than good. Top-dressing, applying lawn sand and fungicides are routinely applied to greens in an effort to treat the symptoms of common problems in the soil.
Ecology 8. More disturbing news for bowling clubs
Last time, I introduced the subject of Disturbance in bowling green ecology and maintenance. I finished by posing the question; How can we use disturbance theory to our advantage in our quest to create a Performance Bowling Green? To answer that, let’s look at what might constitute Disturbance in the average bowling green. As greenkeepers we …