http://www.pitchcare.com/ The most recent 20 articles by Colin Mumford on Pitchcare - Serving the Turfcare Industry Copyright 2012 Maxwell Amenity Ltd dave@pitchcare.com (Dave Saltman) al@pitchcare.com (Alastair Battrick) en Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:52:41 +0000 Pitchcare's Custom Grown in House CMS 60 http://media.pitchcare.com/static/images/general/newlogo.png http://www.pitchcare.com/ 22 23 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saturday Sunday Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:00:00 +0000 mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/artificial-surfaces-they-are-not-all-weather.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/artificial-surfaces-they-are-not-all-weather.html Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:00:00 +0100 mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/parker-on-parade.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/parker-on-parade.html Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:00:00 +0000 mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/white-lines-do-do-it.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/white-lines-do-do-it.html Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Is yours clogged up? Is its performance lacklustre? Do you wish it was as good as it used to be? Dr Colin Mumford explains how a visit from a specialist can give your artificial pitch a new lease of life, help it achieve the performance you used to have, and make it last longer mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/blocked-pores-a-mid-life-crisis.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/blocked-pores-a-mid-life-crisis.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0100 The artificial sports surface maintenance specialists Sweepfast Ltd are now offering a cost effective testing service for goal posts on artificial sports surfaces. mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/goal-post-testing-service.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/goal-post-testing-service.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:00:00 +0100 Having worked the majority of his sports surface management life on natural turf, Dr Colin Mumford started the gradual transition from working with real grass to artificial grass last year in New Zealand, where he worked for the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. Colin has now completed the transformation, and is working full time with artificial sports surfaces for Sweepfast Ltd. Here, Colin gives his initial impressions on the artificial side of life. mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/making-the-transition.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/making-the-transition.html Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:00:00 +0100 mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/a-ten-point-guide-to-tree-planting.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/a-ten-point-guide-to-tree-planting.html Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:15:00 +0000 Okay, before I start, a question, and be honest with your answer. How many of you have had a sudden outbreak of disease ? mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/your-turfgrass-is-weak-old-man.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/your-turfgrass-is-weak-old-man.html Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:00:00 +0000 ET, the often quoted, but never quite explained. What is it? and should we be interested in it? Does it mean evergreen turf? electric trimmers?, elm trees? or extra-terrestrial? The answers to these and many more questions are deeply embedded in the soil-plant-water continuum, and this article aims to unravel a tiny bit of its mystery. mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/et-is-not-extra-terrestrial.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/et-is-not-extra-terrestrial.html Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:00:00 +0100 Black layer is the formation of a layer of metal sulphide (Adams and Smith, 1994; Perris and Evans, 1996) within the rootzone, which develops through a combination of hydrogen sulphide (H2S) gas that is produced from sulphur reducing bacteria (SRB), and the reaction of the H2S with available minerals to form metal sulphide precipitate. More Inside mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/black-layer-in-usga-greens.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/black-layer-in-usga-greens.html Wed, 04 Aug 2004 11:00:00 +0100 Managers of sporting facilities (e.g. golf courses) need to be able to produce satisfactory playing surfaces that fulfil the performance characteristics required for the sport played. To achieve this requires the manager to have information on many factors pertaining to the site including topography, orientation, soil physical properties-full details inside mail@pitchcare.com (Colin Mumford) http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/geographic-information-systems-explained.html http://www.pitchcare.com/magazine/geographic-information-systems-explained.html