Bowling Green Quarterly Maintenance Plans Introduction 
A general estimate of the number of occasions a task might typically be carried out over the 3-months of each season, but these would only be used as an informed forward planning guide ...
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Bowling Green Rolling
Rolling is an activity that shouldn’t really be needed on a bowling green, especially with the weight of modern cylinder mowers (typically being around 100kg) being ideal in keeping the surface adequately firmed.
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Bowling Green Scarification & Verticutting
Scarification and verticutting will help to prevent much of a thatch build-up and will also keep the surface layer open and free from decaying organic matter of cut leaves and plant sheaths.
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Bowling Green Speed
This is typically measured by the time it takes for a bowl to be delivered to within 150mm of a jack, from a distance of 27.4m.
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Bowling Green Top-dressing
Top-dressing is an important activity which should not be neglected, but due to the cost it can sometimes easily be ignored or delayed by clubs for another year in the hope that saving money will not affect playing quality too much.
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Bowling Green Usage Management
Popular over-used rinks will contribute to the start of a slight bowls valley / depression / groove the length of a rink. Future bowls will roll into the slight depression, further reinforcing its effects leading to a relatively dull and much less skilled game of bowls.
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Bowling Green Use of Pesticides
Where pesticides and other chemical products are used, this must be in a responsible way and one in which all other actions have been undertaken to reduce the need for their use in the first place.
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Bowling Green Weeds
Weeds on a bowling green can detract from the production of a very fine uniform surface. Small weeds such as clover/trefoils, pearlwort, yarrow, have been called the “Troublesome Trio” (Sutton, M.A.F. (1962) ‘Lawns and Sports Grounds’, pp105-109) and also parsley piert can be routinely weakened and reduced by scarification and verticutting.
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Bowling Green: Determining Maintenance Requirements
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: Equipment List
The maintenance of a bowling green can be achieved with a range of hand tools and limited pedestrian operated machinery.
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