John Mascaro is President of Turf-Tec International
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
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This area of turf on one of the
three practice football fields for
the Cincinnati Bengals is located in
Southern Ohio and has Patriot ber-
mudagrass for the turf cultivar. Since
this area of the country experiences
frost, overseeding is done on two of
the three fields. Most of the late fall
and early winter practice is limited
to the two overseeded fields and the
non-overseeded field is used spar-
ingly on an as-needed basis. This
allows the non-overseeded field to be
stronger and in good condition of the
spring practice. This photo is from the
non-overseeded field after a frost; the
Sports Turf Manager saw this irregular
pattern and immediately recognized it
as the footprint of the five-man sled
practice equipment. Apparently, when
the area received the frost, the sled
had protected the grass from the frost
and left this unique pattern. This is
similar to the effects a turf cover
has on the turf, however not quite as
uniform. The following week another
frost occurred and evened out the
design.
Photo Submitted by Darian Daily,
Head Groundskeeper at Paul Brown
Stadium in Cincinnati, OH.
John Mascaro's Photo Quiz Answers from page 31
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