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 …
In less than a week my new book, Performance Bowling Greens will be launched on this site; 15th of February to be precise. In the lead up to the launch we have been looking into some of the obstacles that stand in the way of the average bowling club achieving the performance they desire from …
Get back to the basics of thatch and compaction control Here we go with our next web search term that resulted in someone finding this site. I picked this one today, because it sounds like this search was instigated by someone who really needs help quickly. This kind of situation calls for a level headed …
I still get incredulous emails and phone calls about my advice to generally stop top-dressing. In the last 10 years I have only visited one club where I recommended sand top dressing as part of the renovation program and this was due to total neglect and lack of any real maintenance other than cutting and …
As always this season has started off with many greens playing “slow”. The usual reasons apply of course; mowing heights are still above summer level, the frequency of cutting is still low in many cases due to a really slow start to growth in many areas. Many greens are also thatchy and there has been …
