Bowling Green FAQ 1: Colour and thinning sward 
Two common questions can be addressed here, effectively as one question: (a) The turf is turning yellow, has thinned and died off in places and is leaving unsightly patches.
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Bowling Green 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. Compaction, or actually the consequences of it, will most likely be a significant factor, so careful additional aeration around the edge, creating a 1-m strip or so, with the use of a hand fork will be beneficial.
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Bowling Green FAQ 11: How do we repair insect damage?
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?
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Bowling Green 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 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 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. A dense hard wearing grass sward will provide a competitive situation in which the moss will struggle to gain a foothold, let alone thrive.
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Bowling Green FAQ 15: Marks remaining from autumn renovation.
We still have marks 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?
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Bowling Green 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. In practice there could be many fertilisers which could be applied to solve a particular requirement.
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Bowling Green 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 fin leaf like a grass plant, so in practice it is most likely Procumbent Pearlwort.
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Bowling Green FAQ 18: Can we aerate the green during the summer?
Yes, is the straightforward answer to that, however, you do need to be careful with the type of aeration carried out and to postpone the activity if the ground is too dry or the weather too hot.
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