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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: | Surface levelling |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 51, 1975, p. 124. |
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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 new cricket table, laid some two years ago, has proved generally very satisfactory but surface irregularities are developing which, although slight, are enough to affect play. How can wicket surfaces be best improved - will rolling help?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "It sounds as though you are experiencing some degree of settlement. True and even wicket surfaces are best obtained by top dressing, this being applied with the object of gradually raising hollows. Overall top dressing work is best performed during the autumn when play has ceased, although the autumn work can be usefully supplemented by light top dressing of individual wickets as each comes out of play during the summer. Screened heavy loam top-soil should be used for top dressing your cricket square. If the soil available does not have a very high clay content then it may be improved with marl prior to application. The addition of about 20% of fine marl usually results in a material with the right properties. During the autumn, top dressing should be evenly applied at about 3-4 lb. per sq. yd., the material being thoroughly worked in by means of a drag-brush or similar. More noticeable hollows can receive extra dressings through the autumn but care must be taken to avoid smothering the sward. Rolling would be helpful but, although essential for the production of the compacted surfaces necessary for cricket, it can not be relied on to correct an uneven surface. The roller tends to ride over irregularities, compacting high areas and leaving depressions untouched so that the surface remains variable as far as playing qualities are concerned." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Application timing; Cricket squares; Evaluations; Leveling; Loam soils; Marl; Recommendations; Rolling; Sports turf maintenance; Surface quality; Topdressing
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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. 1975. Surface levelling. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 51:p. 124. |
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