Bowling green maintenance and management

Bowling Green Maintenance: 00a. Determining Requirements advert image shown if present
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One of the commonest questions which needs to be considered is ‘What do I, or we, need to do to maintain the green?’

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 00b. Equipment List advert image shown if present
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The maintenance of a bowling green can be achieved with a range of hand tools and limited pedestrian operated machinery.

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 00c. Drainage Layout advert image shown if present
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There are two main different layouts for the lateral drainage pipes for a bowling green, either diagonal or perpendicular.

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 01. Introduction advert image shown if present
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This could be either flat bowls or crown green bowls, but the focus here is on flat green bowls.

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 02. Construction advert image shown if present
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Construction of a modern bowling green will typically see 100mm to 150mm depth of a sandy soil to one of mostly sand.

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 03. Playing Surface advert image shown if present
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Flat lawn bowls is played on a green which will typically measure 38.4m x 38.4m (1,475m2), which is the traditional 126 feet for each side of a green, however, the green can be either rectangular or square.

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 04a. Performance Standards Introduction advert image shown if present
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A range of performance standards can and should be used to manage a bowling green.

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 04b. Performance Standards advert image shown if present
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1) Green speed, 2) Total (live) vegetative ground cover

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 04c. Performance Standards advert image shown if present
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3) Bare (and decaying-dead) area, 4) Diameter of any individual area, 5) Desirable grass coverage, 6) Undesirable grasses, 7) Sward height, 8) Root depth, and root density

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Bowling Green Maintenance: 04d. Performance Standards advert image shown if present
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9) Thatch depth, 10) Weed content, 11) Earthworm surface casting

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