John Mascaro is President of Turf-Tec International
April 2014 | SportsTurf 31 www.stma.org
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If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro's Photo Quiz please send it to John Mascaro, 1471 Capital Circle
NW, Ste # 13, Tallahassee, FL 32303 call (850) 580-4026 or email to john@turf-tec.com. If your photograph is selected, you will receive full credit. All
photos submitted will become property of SportsTurf magazine and the Sports Turf Managers Association.
The dark green and light green lines on this college baseball infield are the result of an off-course
crop duster applying liquid fertilizer. April fools! It's the result of a tarp. However, the reason for the
lines is almost as unique as the crop duster joke. I am sure some of you guessed that the tarp
caused heat injury, however what actually happened was the sports turf manager put down the
tarp and then had a couple days of rain. The rain only paused during times that he did not have
anyone to help pull the tarp off to allow the turf to get sunlight and air. When they were able to fi-
nally pull the tarp off, these lines were on the infield. Since the tarp is older, they speculated that
yellow areas, where the turf became a little chlorotic, are where the turf simply elongated to find
light. However, the greener areas are probably where the tarp has worn and more light was pen-
etrating the tarp and getting to the grass plants. This event took place before the field was over-
seeded so it all occurred on actively growing bermudagrass. After a couple of days of sunshine
and a fertilizer application, the field was all back to normal.
Photo submitted by Andrew Siegel, sports turf manager for baseball and softball fields at
the University of Texas at Arlington.
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