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Longwood Cricket Club Grounds

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

July Rain

In July we average 2.6 inches of rain in the Boston area. So far in July 2008 we have had over 6 inches of rain. It has rained 16 out of the 31 days and more thunderstorms are expected today with up to two more inches of water. Over double the average rainfall with it raining on half the days! This has made it difficult to not just open the grass courts, but also difficult to perform standard maintenance.



The grounds crew has done a wonderful job dealing with the wet conditions. Wear, fungi and lack of soil oxygen all put a great strain on the grass plants. Care is taken performing the simplest of tasks so that the grass does not have to be subjected to another stress. Mowing, line marking and fertilization have all been affected by all this water. One more stress could put it over the edge and we could lose a lot of turfgrass.



For more information please check out this update from the USGA. It is a thorough explanation of what we have been dealing with at Longwood.



http://www.usga.org/turf/regional_updates/regional_reports/northeast/07-25-2008.html



The water table is up to the surface, so any further rain we get has no where to go. Let's hope this is the end of the daily thunderstorm cycle.



Here are some pictures from July 24, when it rained over two inches in just a short time.
























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