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Wish upon a star... make sure it is not STARWEED!
Consultancy - By Editor (21 Apr 04 12:00)
A small plant found on a bentgrass bowling green in Melbourne during the spring of 2001. Not having seen the plant before, the Greenkeeper asked us for an identification and control recommendation. More Inside. - Read Article

Weed of the Week: Buttercup (Ranunculus repens L.)
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (19 Apr 04 15:00)
Weed of the Week: Buttercup (Ranunculus repens L.) - Read Article

Weed of the Week: Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris L )
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (14 Apr 04 8:00)
Weed Of the Week:Common selfheal (prunella Vulgaris L) - Read Article

Best Technical Merit Answers- August 2003
Consultancy - By Editor (13 Apr 04 9:00)
August - Examine the importance of soil (root zone) compatibility when top dressing and explain in detail the methods of determining the correct type for your particular sport. More Inside. - Read Article

Best Technical Merit Answers- July 2003
Consultancy - By Editor (09 Apr 04 10:00)
uly- As the use of chemical control for weeds, pests and diseases is becoming increasingly difficult with new legislation, explain ways in which healthy turf can be managed and sustained culturally. More Inside. - Read Article

Weed of the Week - Daisy
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (06 Apr 04 8:15)
Description and control methods for the Daisy (Bellis perennis L). More inside. - Read Article

Spring renovation on natural turf facilities
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (06 Apr 04 8:00) - 1 comment
This month's feature article is on the spring renovation of natural turf playing surfaces. With the onset of the new grass growing season, it is imperative that Greenkeepers and Groundmen implement a renovation programme to prepare and refurbish their playing surfaces. Spring renovation involves a series of operations and inputs that are initiated in sequence and complement one another. Read Inside. - Read Article

Spring Top Dressing.
Consultancy - By Editor (31 Mar 04 11:50)
So it’s that time of year again! The Daffodils are in bloom, the temperature’s rising and, glory be, England has won two Test matches in the West Indies! There’s just one cloud on the horizon, and that’s the state of those Football and Rugby pitches out there, desperately in need of top dressing. Read Inside - Read Article

Best Technical Merit Answers- June 2003
Consultancy - By Editor (29 Mar 04 15:00)
Following the success of the Technical Merit Award 2003, sponsored by Tillers Turf. Pitchcare have started to publish some of the best answers submitted to the monthly scenario questions. This month we have the best of June's answers. Next week the best answers to the July's scenario question will be shown. Read Inside. - Read Article

Weed of the Week: White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (29 Mar 04 12:00)
What is a weed? By definition a weed is a plant that is growing in the wrong place. Weeds take valuable space, water, sunlight and nutrients that may otherwise be accessible to important crops, in our case turf grasses. Weeds not only compete for these resources they can disfigure and cause problems to playing surfaces. Read Inside - Read Article

Weed of the Week: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (22 Mar 04 10:00)
What is a weed? By definition a weed is a plant that is growing in the wrong place. Weeds take valuable space, water, sunlight and nutrients that may otherwise be accessible to important crops, in our case turf grasses. Weeds not only compete for these resources they can disfigure and cause problems to playing surfaces. read Inside. - Read Article

USGA Golf Putting Green Construction Materials
Consultancy - By John Farrell (16 Mar 04 13:00)
John gets many students asking him to provide information about USGA putting green Specifications. Below is an introduction to the technical aspects and design features of USGA putting green constructions Read Inside - Read Article

Shrubs and trees
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (16 Mar 04 9:00)
Another new feature for Pitchcare members will be informative articles on shrubs and trees. Many Pitchcare members are responsible for managing ornamental shrub beds and tree areas around their facilities, such as entrances to a golf club and school grounds. - Read Article

Weed of the Week: Yarrow (Achilles millefolium)
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (15 Mar 04 14:00)
What is a weed? By definition a weed is a plant that is growing in the wrong place. Weeds take valuable space, water, sunlight and nutrients that may otherwise be accessible to important crops, in our case turf grasses. Weeds not only compete for these resources they can disfigure and cause problems to playing surfaces. Read Inside - Read Article

Moles in Town Park
Consultancy - By Neville Wilkes (11 Mar 04 15:00) - 6 comments
In the coming months Pitchcare will be featuring a number of interesting articles about wildlife. Neville Wilkes will be imparting well over 35 years of wildlife management experience and giving you an insight into their life cycle, feeding habits and characteristics of many types of animals and birds that live in the English countryside. Read inside. - Read Article

Weed of the week-Broadleaf Plantain
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (11 Mar 04 13:00)
By definition a weed is a plant that is growing in the wrong place. Weeds take valuable space, water, sunlight and nutrients that may otherwise be accessible to important crops, in our case turf grasses. Weeds not only compete for these resources they can disfigure and cause problems to playing surfaces. - Read Article

Best Technical Merit Answers- May 2003
Consultancy - By Editor (10 Mar 04 14:00) - 1 comment
Following the success of the Technical Merit Award 2003, sponsored by Tillers Turf. Pitchcare have started to publish some of the best answers submitted to the monthly scenario questions. This month we have the best of Mays answers. Next week the best answers to the June scenario question will be shown. Read inside. - Read Article

"Sudden Oak Death" - Phytophthora ramorum
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (10 Mar 04 13:00) - 1 comment
There has been a lot of recent news about Sudden Oak Death in the national press, with DEFRA inspectors finding a small number of disease outbreaks in garden centres and nurseries. Positive findings have been made in rhododendron, vibernum and other exotic shrubs. The infected plants have been destroyed and none of the batches from which they came has been sold. Read Inside. - Read Article

Grass for all seasons
Consultancy - By Danny Thorogood (05 Mar 04 11:00)
he grass family is one of the largest and most successful flowering plant families on earth consisting of around  10 000 species. Read Inside - Read Article

Facts about Leaf Spot and Melting out Disease
Consultancy - By Laurence Gale MSc (02 Mar 04 17:15)
Leaf spot diseases are very common and wide spread both in the UK and Western European countries. To help understand a little bit more about these diseases, here’s some information on the disease life cycle and control methods. Read Inside - Read Article