Over the next few weeks I will publish a few articles to help you to evaluate your turf with an aim to improving its performance over the long term. Within this series I will demonstrate how it is possible to formulate “a theory of everything” for want of a better name, that can guide us …
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Don’t get in the way at Feeding Time!
2 things in bowling green maintenance annoy me more than anything else. One is the feeding frenzy stirred up and enjoyed by many bowling green maintenance contractors in the autumn, usually driven by an unsolicited sales letter offering “Autumn Programs” sent by someone who has never seen your green! Many clubs across the country will …
Winter Greenkeeping Plan
I've had a lot of requests to supply a general set of recommendations for winter maintenance for bowling greens. Although the full program for any green should be based on a thorough inspection and soil analysis, there are some general rules you can follow. I've also put together a suggested package of materials to help you apply this program more easily.
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 …
5 warning signs that your bowls green is dying
Many bowls greens have problems; its rare for a season to go by with only praise for the green from members. The majority of the problems encountered on bowls greens is directly attributable to the maintenance the green gets and the in particular the maintenance it has had over the years, especially the last 4 …