Bowling Green Maintenance: 38k. Minimal Resources and Low Club Membership 
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Bowling Green Maintenance: 38l. Minimal Resources and Low Club Membership
Conclusion for hours and cost inputs
The maintenance suggestions in this article provide a scenario for a low input and low membership club to produce a fit for purpose bowling green.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 00. Introduction
There are many Frequently Asked Questions for the maintenance of bowling greens, so here are some of the more common ones, although many questions are actually strongly related to the same or very similar underlying problem.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 01. Why is the green a patchy colour and the sward is thinning?
Two common questions can be addressed here, effectively as one question.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 02. Why are there are thin and bare areas where members start their game?
The access points to the green will see these succumb to increased compaction, as well as the areas where most players gather for delivering a bowl.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 03. Why have patches on the green have increased?
A common problem is that a significant number of small yellow patches and spots have now enlarged into irregular bigger patches.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 04. Why is our aerator leaving marks from its wheels?
The weight of an aerator is being borne by the tyres.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 05: Why are the bowls ‘bobbling’ in their travel in certain areas of the green?
There will most likely be some degree of unevenness present on the immediate surface.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 06. Why are we getting lots of divots at the ends of the green?
There are a number of possible reasons for this, but the main underlying contributory factor is usually that of a soft surface which cannot withstand much wear, especially in moist to wet conditions.
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Bowling Green Maintenance: FAQ 07. How often should we move rinks?
This does depend on the amount of use, type of use (in particular quality of delivery from players and number of divots) and ground conditions, whether it is dry or wet, the density of the sward, etc. as this will all influence how often rinks should be moved.
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