LCC Grounds Maintenance: March 2013

Longwood Cricket Club Grounds

LCC Grounds blog began in 2008. Entries have educated membership and the public on the crew, agronomic techniques, horticulture and clay court maintenance.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Ryegrass Roots, 3/27/2013

Roots on this ryegrrass plant from court 18 are healthy. The picture is not great but the roots are thick and longer than my hand. I couldn't get my trowel deep enough into the soil to find the bottom of the roots - the plants wintered well. Click on the picture to get a better view/closeup.

Net Posts

Victor sanding clay court net posts

Monday, March 25, 2013

Still waiting on the clay courts to melt and firm up so we can begin spring renovations. Pansies are ready for planting - spring must be finally coming.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Snow

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Andy and Sue Newell checking out the grass at LCC.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Grounds Crew arriving at LCC to get ready for opening day - 5 weeks away!

Andrew and Jeff

Grass Court Seminar

On Monday March 4, 2013 grass tennis court managers met in Providence, RI. This was their second meeting ever, the first being at LCC in 2010. The education ran from 8 am to 5 pm with turfgrass educators/researchers from across the US and England leading the seminars. Attendees included representatives from most of the grass tennis clubs in the US (including LCC's David Driscoll and John Gallagher).