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| Author(s): | LeGros, Steve |
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| Author Affiliation: | Sports Turf/Field Consultant |
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| Title: | To protect and preserve: Surviving a major non-sports event |
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| Source: | SportsField Management. Vol. 3, No. 2, February 2008, p. 12-16. |
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| Publishing Information: | Moose River Publishing LLC |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Special events; Stadia; Baseball fields; Alternate event preparation; Protective covers; Planning; Cultural methods
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses preparing a sports field for a non-sports event, providing potential "step-by-step procedures." Suggests to "begin covering the field in the evening when the sun is low and temperatures have dropped...Cover only the field area that is going to be used." States to "on the day the event ends, schedule a full grounds staff to arrive on-site one hour prior to the end of the event. No matter what their official job description, everyone's job will be to do whatever it takes to get things off the field." Notes that "the grass that has been beneath the floor covering...will be a bit chloratic and matted down. Resist the urge to brush it immediately...Instead, within the first 24 hours following the removal of the flooring, if the surface of the field is quite compacted, use solid spike or an AerWay-type aerator to go over the field and a depth of approximately .25 inch to relieve surface tension...forty-eight hours after the flooring has been removed, run a sweeper lightly over the field to pick up any remaining trash...Three days after the flooring was removed, run a verticutter over the field to pull out any tissue that has died and sweep it up." Concludes to "wait five to 10 days after the flooring was removed before applying another growth regulator if season-long use of a growth regulator is part of the maintenance program." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
LeGros, S. 2008. To protect and preserve: Surviving a major non-sports event. SportsField Management. 3(2):p. 12-16. |
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