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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: | Cutting the outfield |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 61, 1985, p. 148. |
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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: | "We have for a number of years been cutting our outfield with a large motor mower. This machine now needs replacing and this may prove too expensive for us. Our local authority is prepared to cut the outfield for us but they would, of course, carry out the work using tractor or gang mowers. We were wondering if this cutting method would give an acceptable finish or if we can expect deterioration in playing conditions." |
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| Answer/Response: | "For top quality outfields such as those which would be absolutely necessary for county cricket we would have no hesitation in saying that cutting with a large motor mower is essential. Clippings can then be boxed-off, this giving a faster 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 during the growing season. Gang mowers can, and frequently are, used on outfields but there is no doubt that some deterioration in the quality of the surface will result. The kind of surface produced by gang mowers may be acceptable at some clubs but certainly not for first class cricket. 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 as a result. 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 fertilizer treatment. The question is therefore one of standards and in your case gang mowing seems a good solution to the problem providing the inevitable lowering of the standard of the outfield surface is acceptable to the players." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cricket pitches; Cutting methods; Equipment evaluation; Mowers; Recommendations; Sports turf maintenance; Surface quality
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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. 1985. Cutting the outfield. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 61:p. 148. |
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