Amenity Turf Category A

This has a minimum height setting of a mower of 10mm and a maximum recommended height of vegetative growth of 15mm. This category of turf will typically cut twice a week during the main growing season, with three cuts a week being more likely during peak growth periods. It can be suitable for a fine, close mown, ornamental lawn use, being cut with a cylinder mower and clippings mostly being boxed off. This category of lawn would be quite rare and probably restricted to elite commercially maintained lawns and extremely few elite domestic lawns, although for the latter the use of a category B turf would be more realistic from a maintenance input and cost perspective. The desirable grass species will typically be fine fescues and browntop bents, aiming to have an excellent desirable grass coverage of at least 90% (with total ground cover being at least 98%). No weed or moss presence is allowed, whilst only very low disease infection (up to 1% of the ground cover) and earthworm casting (just 1 cast per m²) is permitted.A full range of maintenance activities will be needed to maintain this category of turf, including irrigation. This latter activity is only recommended as being applicable to Category A, so would not be a requirement for any of the other categories, at least not as a routine activity.