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  Ben August 15, 2015 at 5:53pm

  Hi Gavin, I am in Sports Turf..........Footie/Rugby/Cricket and All Weather............have just taken on a Bowles Green........Seems very very different!!!!
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    Gavin Gray > Ben August 15, 2015 at 6:39pm

    prepare for a barage of pm's haha
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  Ben August 16, 2015 at 9:01pm

  I am coming at it as an employee of a company who look after them............you will find that most Bowles Greens are owned by local councils and tendered out on contracts. Thats not to say that the club is pleased with the service or the contractor wants to do them. They are normally included in a overal grounds maintenance contract.
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    Gavin Gray > Ben August 16, 2015 at 9:44pm

    In my area it's mainly private clubs, there is only 1 club in my local area that are council owned but there are quite a few contractors to battle against
    
    How often are you on green apart from cutting?
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  Rory August 18, 2015 at 9:36am

  im interested in this as the bowls greens by mine are in shocking clip and it just looks to me like they're throwing lawn sand on it constantly 
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    Gavin Gray > Rory August 18, 2015 at 10:32am

    seems to be decent returns to be honest

    the club my grandad and i were memebers of pay a lot of money for very very little in return
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  Ben August 18, 2015 at 8:17pm

  Not that much.............Spring Renovations/Autumn Renovations.........Mow 3 x a week.........Veti Cut every 6 Weeks........Worm Treatments and weed and feed as you see fit. Renovations as with all Sport Surfaces really are key to the success of the Green. However greeness is not king as you may think............
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    Robbie > Ben August 18, 2015 at 9:11pm

    Ben you hit the nail on the head, green isn't always better :)

    Plus like any turf, the more aeration the better. 
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      Gavin Gray > Robbie August 19, 2015 at 12:59pm

      Not necessarily, too much aeration can bring its own problems aswell...
      
      Of course mate it's easy to get turf looking green but not as easy for it to be a healthy green!
      
      Sounds as if it's not too much work to keep a green in tip top condition then, ideal from a contractor point of view!
      
      Thanks mate
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        Jim Davidson > Gavin Gray August 19, 2015 at 5:06pm

        "Sounds as if it's not too much work to keep a green in tip top condition then" Are you having a laugh?