Already the relatively dry April and start to May has seen bowling greens suffering from Localised Dry Patch (LDP). As we have discussed many times on this site before, this condition is a major problem for bowling clubs throughout the UK and if your bowling green is aready showing the tell tale signs then you …
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Afternoon John. I have recently purchased your soil sample kit & have returned the bag of soil as directed. You might also be interested to know that as per your advice we have not Top Dressed our green for the last 6 years & it has never looked or bowled better. In …
Act now on green dry patch
If your green has suffered the blight of localised dry patch (LDP), sometimes called bowling green dry patch in the past, this is the most critical time of the year to take action to minimise the chances of another outbreak. It’s unlikely that you will be thinking about irrigation of the green just yet, but …
Localised Dry Patch still causing problems in autumn
Over-seeding of bowling greens seems like a straight-forward task; you put the seed on and the green’s bare areas recover. However, one of our regular readers has raised an interesting question today about over-seeding and it is by no means isolated. After over-seeding the green, the seed has taken well on the parts of the …
Autumn and winter bowls green maintenance
We are getting an increasing number of enquiries about the correct process for Autumn bowling green maintenance at the moment. Here are my top 10 tips for autumn maintenance: DO NOT TOPDRESS Remove as much thatch as possible. Create air space in the top 100mm of the green Relieve Compaction Treat LDP by applying wetting …