Too much damp weather has allowed an algae to take over.......is that not part of regular maintenance......I wonder if the company that supplied the new pitch plus drainage have got a little smirk on their faces......administration cost them dearly didn't it.
It looked and played really well (as usual) for the first part of the season. However, the unusually mild and wet winter led to the well reported 'algae-gate'-the temp never dropped low enough to kill the algae off. The decision was taken to scarify the pitch which removed the algae but also most of the grass. It was re seeded a few weeks ago and to be fair it looked a bit greener on Saturday. My view is that the lack of grass has caused the thin top surface to become unstable (the area below this is made up of millions of rubber bands) and means it cuts up very easily. The good news is that it still drains quite well and judging by some of the football on Saturday it looks far worse than it plays. Hopefully only a temp problem but unlikely to recover until we get proper rapid growth conditions again in the spring. So, really it is all down to the Plymouth weather!
I cut my grass back in November because it was still bleddy growing it being so mild. It's been growing ever since so if my little patch of grass can grow then why can't their big patch grow. That also applies to the bleddy weeds as well.
Its because your grass will have well established complex root systems whereby their's doesn't. It was totally stripped and reseeded last closed season so it will always be quite fragile. Percy.
It's your fault anyway BC. If you'd sent us some of that snow all this algae thing would have been a distant dream. Sort it out for next year will you.
Percy, i ripped up our Lawn last year and it is still growing.. Have you any tips on how to stop it? It will soon be the time to start cutting.. I think you should set a business cutting grass and advising on Gardening and growing.
