The Bowls England Maintenance Calendar below shows all the key tasks that our greenkeeper, Ricky, will be expected to perform, with some help from Club Members where required. Obviously this schedule will be varied as necessary and specifically based on the conditions found at our green week by week, but it gives a good idea what will happen. Enjoy bowling on our super green!
Other operations which could also be listed include general repairs during the playing season, ditch and bank maintenance, hand watering of localised areas, turfing at the end of the season, putting out and taking in of mats and green side equipment etc.
The application of pesticides can vary considerably, depending upon the existing quality of the bowling green and especially the content of grasses present, as well as the quality of the maintenance practices carried out. As an example, a green which is predominantly composed of fescue and browntop bent grasses may require no fungicide application throughout the year. This could be contrasted with a predominantly annual meadow grass green might easily require 8 applications. The cost implication of this can be quite considerable.
Note: In this example, mowing has been estimated as being undertaken on around a minimal basis during the main growing season.
