Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 08. Why is the green on the slow side? 
This might be the commonest question asked by bowlers. This does depend on what is meant by slow as this can be quite subjective.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 09. Why has a lot of the grass which surrounds hollow holes turned a straw brown colour?
The hollow-tining was carried out in October and it is now March.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 10. The edge of the green dries out quickly. What can we do to help it?
The green edge is more exposed to the elements and is also the area where players concentrate the most.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 11. How do we repair areas of the green damaged by chafer grubs or leatherjackets without using nematodes for control before the start of the season? It is now early March.
The use of nematodes will typically require soil temperatures to be above about 10C, otherwise they won’t be adequately active in attempting to control the grubs.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 12. Is it really necessary to have to top-dress our green?
A smooth even surface can only really be maintained over time by applications of top-dressing.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 13. How long can we leave hollow-tines open for before top-dressing them?
If hollow-tining is carried out during early spring, then usually top-dressing would be carried out straight away to aim for a completely even surface for the start of the playing season.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 14. How do we get rid of moss from our green?
The moss has found conditions which are suitable for its establishment and might be thriving in these.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 15. We still have marks on the green from the autumn renovation work carried out nearly 6-months ago at the beginning of October. How can we make sure this doesn’t happen again this year?
This could be due to a number of factors which are often related. Occasionally scarification is carried out a bit late and the weather turns colder sooner than anticipated.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 16. What is the best fertiliser to use on our green?
There isn’t probably a ‘best’ fertiliser, but rather a suitable fertiliser for a given situation at a stated time.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 17. We have a fine leaved grass like weed on the green. What do you think it is?
There are not many weeds which have fine leaves like a grass plant, so in practice it is most likely Procumbent Pearlwort.
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