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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: | Outfield mowing |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 64, 1988, p. 185. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "Our outfield has in the past been cut using gang mowers and a number of club members feel that a better playing surface could be obtained by using a large motor mower. Your views would be appreciated." |
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| Answer/Response: | "For first-class outfields such as those which would be required for county cricket we would have no hesitation in saying that cutting with a large mower is essential. Clippings can then be boxed-off, this giving a faster, truer surface. Use of this type of machine has the added advantage of rolling each time the outfield is cut, so giving a smoother and more even playing surface. Boxing-off clippings has other advantages in that it discourages weed by removing seed and reduces earthworm populations by limiting their food supply. Outfields cut with such equipment are normally maintained at a mowing height of about 12 mm (1/2 in.), the operation being performed once a week or more during the growing season. Gang mowers can, and frequently are, used on outfields but there is no doubt that an inferior playing quality is the result. The kind of surface produced by gang mowers set at the same cutting height as has been mentioned above, providing they are well set, can give a reasonable finish but clippings, of course, fly and produce softer, spongier and slower surfaces. No rolling effect is obtained and indeed surface irregularities may be increased by tractor wheel marks, particularly under soft or wet conditions. This method of cutting does have one advantage - allowing clippings to fly returns nutrients to the soil and therefore allows less frequent fertiliser treatment. Gang mowing is also fast and less time consuming. The question is therefore one of standards and in your case motor mowing would certainly provide the better outfield surface which your club members are looking for." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cricket pitches; Mowers; Mowing; Recommendations; Sports turf maintenance
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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. 1988. Outfield mowing. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 64:p. 185. |
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