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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | Top dressing a local league cricket table |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 69, 1993, p. 137-138. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "For a number of years our groundsman has been applying a very heavy clay soil to the cricket table. We believe the soil has been used on grounds holding Test Matches but seems to have done little to improve the pitches being prepared on our table. Early in the season pitches are prepared to an acceptable standard but they do break up quickly under play, recover poorly leaving us short of quality pitches later in the season and support a grass cover which looks anything but healthy. Please advise." |
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| Answer/Response: | "The Club appears to have fallen into the trap of following successful practices elsewhere without fully appreciating what is involved. It is quite understandable that clubs such as yourselves will be encouraged by results from successful Test Match pitches and that consequently you want to employ the same material. However, for a small club with volunteer labour without the same maintenance backup as a Test Match ground, the use of a similar top dressing material can prove disastrous. Higher clay content requires greater intensity of maintenance, both in terms of time and quality. High clay content soils of 30-35% provide excellent bounce when rolled and dried (with the aid of covers), but are inherently time-consuming to achieve a good result. Aeration, repairs, rolling and other maintenance procedures require very careful timing and relative intensity to get the best from such a soil. Ryegrass tends to be the only desirable grass species which will grow and recover after play on soils with such clay content and rolling. The use of this grass species adds to the management difficulties, requiring more frequent mowing, scarification and fertiliser treatment. Pace and bounce characteristics required for First Class cricket and made available through the employment of a high clay content dressing, with appropriate management, are difficult to attain and perhaps undesirable for local League standard. Dressing with a lighter clay loam, containing around 25-28% could provide a most acceptable playing surface which can be adequately managed by your part-time work force. It is a sensible approach to have the selected top dressing tested in the Institutes soil physics laboratory and obtain advice from the Institute with regard a soil exchange programme." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Clay soils; Cricket pitches; Maintenance practices; Recommendations; Sports turf maintenance; Topdressings
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1993. Top dressing a local league cricket table. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 69:p. 137-138. |
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