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Irrigation management and optimisation for a football pitch located in South East London
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By Phil Sharples (23 Jun 04 18:00) - 4 comments
In the United Kingdom, infact Worldwide, there is a relatively small amount of data available for research into irrigation scheduling and crop coefficients (Kc) for sports turf surfaces.More Inside. - Read Article
Weed of the Week: Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica
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By Laurence Gale MSc (15 Jun 04 9:00)
Weed of the Week: Japanese knotweed Fallopia japonica - Read Article
GCSAA/USGA Wetting Agent Evaluation
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By Editor (09 Jun 04 13:00)
Golf course superintendents often apply wetting agents on putting greens to help manage localized dry spots (LDS). - Read Article
Weed of the Week: Mayweed Anthemis cotula
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By Laurence Gale MSc (08 Jun 04 16:00)
Weed of the Week: Mayweed Anthemis cotula - Read Article
Understanding principles of irrigation
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By Steve Prinn (04 Jun 04 13:30) - 1 comment
If naturally occurring rainfall is insufficient to meet the needs of the turfgrass, irrigation needs to take place. In order to take a decision on whether or not irrigation is required the amount of moisture in the soil needs to be known. More Inside. - Read Article
Irrigation for sports turf
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By Laurence Gale MSc (02 Jun 04 16:55)
Nowadays, irrigation is an important and integral part of the turf grass management industry, especially as the demand for better quality playing surfaces has increased. More Inside. - Read Article
Pitch Performance & Recuperation
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By Danny Thorogood (24 May 04 17:00)
Now that the football season is all but over in the UK and we turn our attentions to Portugal for the Euro2004 with much expectation, our home pitches have a little time to recuperate in readiness for the ever approaching start of the new season.More Inside. - Read Article
Weed of the Week: Common Nettle (stinging) Urtica dioica L.
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By Laurence Gale MSc (24 May 04 14:35)
Weed of the Week: Common Nettle (stinging) Urtica dioica L. - Read Article
Reduced Pesticide Research USGA
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By Editor (24 May 04 14:00)
This project was designed to provide information on the feasibility and performance of golf course putting green turf managed with few or no chemical pesticides, and is being conducted on the Green Course at the Bethpage State Park, Long Island, NY. More Inside. - Read Article
Weed of the Week: Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
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By Laurence Gale MSc (17 May 04 13:10)
Weed of the Week: Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) - Read Article
The European Rabbit
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By Neville Wilkes (13 May 04 17:00)
Rabbits can cause a serious amount of damage and devastation to playing surfaces, especially on golf courses. Rabbits will venture on to greens and tees and dig holes into the playing surfaces. More Inside. - Read Article
Pesticide runoff trials USGA
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By Editor (13 May 04 15:00)
Pesticide use on golf courses has received a disproportionate amount of scrutiny from regulators and others because of the visibility of the turfgrass industry. Recently, it has become evident that runoff from turfgrasses can carry significant quantities of pesticides from treated surfaces. More Inside. - Read Article
Weed of the Week: Slender Speedwell (Veronica filiformis)
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By Laurence Gale MSc (10 May 04 14:00)
Weed of the Week: Slender Speedwell (Veronica filiformis) - Read Article
Pests and Diseases
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By Laurence Gale MSc (06 May 04 16:00) - 3 comments
This month's special feature article will look at the different types of pests and diseases that affect both natural and artificial surfaces and how they can be controlled through various practices.
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Irrigation Study by USGA
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By Editor (06 May 04 9:00)
Sprinkler irrigation has been the accepted practice for irrigating lawns since Joseph Smith patented the first swiveling lawn sprinkler in 1894, despite its low efficiency in distributing water to the plant stand. More Inside. - Read Article
Weed of the Week: Mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum)
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By Laurence Gale MSc (04 May 04 11:00)
Weed of the Week: Mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium vulgatum) More inside.
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Agripower in Regents Park
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By Laurence Gale MSc (03 May 04 9:00)
Agripower, the Buckinghamshire based sports turf and drainage contractor, is part way through a £2 million pound+ contract to refurbish the sports pitches in Regents Park, NW1. The contract was awarded in March 2003 and started in late April with completion date in September 2004. More Inside
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Turfgrass Diseases – What’s around now?
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By Dr Kate Entwistle (30 Apr 04 16:00)
Supporting this months feature article on Pest and Disease control, Pitchcare is pleased that Kate Entwistle has kindly found time in her busy schedule to post an interesting article on diseases that are currently being seen on turf grass facilities here in the UK, especially during the recent periods of inclement weather experienced during April. More Inside. - Read Article
Issues relative to Weed Control today
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By Editor (30 Apr 04 13:00) - 1 comment
Many changes have taken place in recent years in the methods of weed control, due to changes in products available, application technology and strict Legal plus Health and Safety compliance. This has meant weed control has become very much a specialist and skilled operation needing careful planning of programmes which will give the high standard of results expected today.More Inside. - Read Article
Weed of the Week: Pearlwort (Sagina procumbens)
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By Laurence Gale MSc (27 Apr 04 9:00)
Weed of the Week: Pearlwort (Sagina procumbens) - Read Article
