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 your answer will be somewhat less positive and that you could benefit from my new 34 page guide …
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Autumn and Winter Bowling Green Maintenance Guide
Autumn-Winter Bowling Green Maintenance Guide Recovery, renovation and preparation to ensure your green gets off to a flying start next season. Buy Now in the Shop 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. …
Do you make these 5 bowls green keeping errors?
Mowing too close; this causes scalping, moss, weeds and weed grasses such as annual meadow grass. Over watering; this causes a spongy bowls green surface, poor rinks, compaction, encourages annual meadow grass and fungal disease. Over fertilising; this causes lush growth and the subsequent slowing down of the green, can contribute to disease outbreaks, poor sward composition and …
Can any old Tom, Dick or Harry produce a Performance Bowls Green?
In a previous post I was talking about the 4 barriers to success that I regularly encounter at bowling clubs. These were Desperation (for a good green), Traditions (that aren’t as traditional as we think sometimes), Myths (not dragons and wizards, but greenkeeping myths) and of course Consistency or rather the lack of it. …
Pre Season Mowing Program
Whatever the season, mowing remains the most important job in the maintenance of a Performance Bowling Green. Often overlooked due to the everyday nature of the task, there is a lot more to mowing than meets the eye. It is particularly important to follow the correct mowing regime to ensure green consistency and speed. More …