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Maintaining Natural Grass on an Athletic Field: Is Synthetic Turf For You?
by Fairway Artificial Turf Fairway Artificial TurfFor businesses, it has become increasingly more challenging to maintain a natural lawn. So, naturally, it has been challenging for professionals who manage athletic fields to ensure that their playing fields are up to par. There are typical challenges, such as weather and budget, as well as a busy practice schedule between amateur and professional athletes. But what are the basics of natural grass athletic field maintenance?
When it comes to ensuring that an athletic field with natural grass is where it should be, careful planning is vital. The most important concepts include field scheduling, mowing, fertilization, irrigation, aeration, and overseeding. The field management must implement a year-round turf maintenance program that is centered around scheduling. Once both management and athletes’ needs are heard, the schedule won’t be broken, and the turf will be appropriately maintained. It will, then, look, feel, and move the way it should.
Typically, an athletic field with natural grass shows wear after ten events. How often the turf is mowed depends on the lawn’s density as well as the budget of the stadium itself. It may also depend on the type of grass, but this will depend on the field. Then, good fertilizer is only applied every few years. However, as mentioned with the kind of grass, there are those types fertilized at different times of the year. A field may also need to be re-fertilized if it has seen heavy traffic after a few games or a busy season.
Because irrigation, aeration, and overseeding are three other significant steps in the process, those stadiums opting to use natural grass must ensure that their schedule is being followed closely. Natural grass requires year-round maintenance, and athletic fields increase this level of maintenance tenfold. While natural grass is a beautiful investment, management must consider whether it is worth the cost to maintain a natural grass athletic field at this pace.
While there are management teams and professionals with plenty of time and resources to dedicate to these activities, for some, artificial turf has become the norm. With the increase in synthetic turf accessories, it is not all scratchy, too-bright fake green grass on golf courses. Instead, artificial field grass, when installed correctly, is indistinguishable, both in look and feel, from natural grass. Synthetic grass of this caliber frees up time for not only the management but for the athletes as well.Sponsor Ads
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