Bowling Green Performance Standards (D) 
13) Infiltration rate: the removal of water from the surface increases the likelihood of a game being played. High sand specification greens will typically have a minimum rate of 100-150mm per hour, although in practice this might be higher for a newly constructed green.
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Bowling Green Performance Standards (E)
17) Pest damage: This will usually relate to damage caused to the surface and is primarily damage from leatherjackets and chafer grubs, and secondary effects of the grubs from birds pecking at the turf, or foxes or badgers digging for the grubs, but mammal damage is relatively uncommon.
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Bowling Green Performance Standards Data
Bowling greens might be classified into 3 or 5 grades of quality, although for many greens there will be a core range of values between which a green would be classed as a preferred range or an acceptable range which would have slightly broader parameters than the preferred range.
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Bowling Green Performance Standards Rating Systems
A numeric rating can be applied to each standard and grade which describe the overall quality rating for a product. For example, a basic approach could be to allocate 5 points for grade 5 down gradually decreasing to 1 point for grade 1, with no points being awarded for a value outside of the required parameters.
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Bowling Green Pests
Earthworm casts, when present in relatively large number, can be a major maintenance and cosmetic problem. Damp casts will stick to the front and rear rollers of cylinder mowers, potentially increasing the cut height slightly if not regularly cleaned off.
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Bowling Green Playing Surface
Flat lawn bowls is played on a green which will typically measure 38.4m x 38.4m, which is the traditional 126’ for each side of a green, however, the green can be either rectangular or square.
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Bowling Green Quarterly Maintenance Plan: Autumn
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Bowling Green Quarterly Maintenance Plan: Spring
Spring: [March : April : May]
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Bowling Green Quarterly Maintenance Plan: Summer
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Bowling Green Quarterly Maintenance Plan: Winter
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