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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | Uneven hockey surface |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 62, 1986, p. 225. |
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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 No. 1 hockey pitch is getting very bumpy in and around the D's, and around the centre circle. We have tried rolling but this has been only of limited benefit. What else can we do other than dig over and rake out? We would be reluctant to cultivate because we have quite a good grass cover, and we feel it would be difficult to re-establish this." |
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| Answer/Response: | "It is very likely that the bumpiness is due to the loss of the divots taken when striking the ball. If you have a healthy sward, these holes will tend to grass over, and while you cannot see these, they will make it difficult to control a ball when it is in contact with the ground. You will not cure this problem with rolling, as it will be impossible to push the bulk of the soil down to the bottom of the holes. Indeed, with heavy rolling you could create further problems for yourselves by over-compacting the topsoil. This could well lead to poor drainage and loss of sward quality. We would advise that the best solution will be to top dress the bumpier areas of the pitch as a routine after the end and prior to the beginning of each season. For preference, use a screened sandy topsoil for this purpose, applied at a rate of 2.0-3.0 kg/m2, then work in using a lute or drag brush, making passes in several different directions. If you cannot afford such large quantities of topsoil, then you might use a medium grade, lime-free sand as an alternative, at a similar rate." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Field hockey pitches; Problem-solving; Recommendations; Sports turf maintenance; Surface evenness; 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. 1986. Uneven hockey surface. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 62:p. 225. |
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