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Post by jraybern on Jul 26, 2007 12:24:21 GMT -6
Coaches,
I was approached by our Super yesterday about how to maintain our football field. She wants a schedule on when to apply fertilizer, when and how often to start watering, ect. We are in South Central Kansas. Any ideas? We have been fortunate enough to get a lot of rain this summer and the grass looks great, but we want to be ready next Spring (or even this Winter) when we need to start taking care of the field.
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Post by fbdoc on Jul 26, 2007 12:57:02 GMT -6
I'm no groundskeeper but I think regular watering and MOWING are the two biggest factors - we're in South Florida. Thank God I'm at a school where we have a facilities crew to handle all of that.
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Post by wingman on Jul 26, 2007 13:00:02 GMT -6
Frequent short mowing helps more than anything else short of watering. Our district guys spend half teh day sleeping in trucks under trees though. We bought a used golf course mower and I mow it twice a week. We also aeriate it twice a year.
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Post by fatboy04 on Jul 26, 2007 13:41:58 GMT -6
Reel mowers, as opposed to rotary, made a big difference on our fields around here.
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Post by wingman on Jul 26, 2007 13:57:32 GMT -6
Definately Reel mowers!
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Post by fbairattack on Jul 26, 2007 15:08:59 GMT -6
I just started this summer at a new school so I dont know what was done in the past here but.... We had a reel mower donated to the football program by the local golf course. We havent used it yet this summer but it will be used during the season. We had the field fertilized and aeriated at the end of June. We have irrigation sprinklers that we (the coaches and my wife  ) move about four times a week and water 3-4 hours per location. Also purchased some Scots lawn weed and feed and put it down in the worn areas and they are coming back some. I have been told that the field is in better shape this summer then it has been in 5-6 years. |
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Post by los on Jul 26, 2007 20:42:54 GMT -6
A good place to find info on turf maintenance for your part of the country, is your county extension agent. They're usually part of one of your state universitys and help farmers and other horticulturalists with any "crop" problems, such as maintenance schedules, insect and disease control, soil samples, irrigation etc... Here in Ga., the extension service(county agent) is associated with the UGA. Very helpful people, with lots of knowledge!
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Post by poweriguy on Jul 26, 2007 22:59:38 GMT -6
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 27, 2007 8:16:36 GMT -6
The main thing it all depends on is the type of grass you have. We have bermuda here and we hit it with the reel mower every other day. County extension agent is the best way to go. Ours brought in the guy from UT(ennessee) who is doing the resurfacing in Neyland Stadium to look at ours. They can give you all teh recommendations for watering schedule, fertilizing, aerating, top dressing etc...
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) move about four times a week and water 3-4 hours per location. Also purchased some Scots lawn weed and feed and put it down in the worn areas and they are coming back some. 
