John Mascaro's Photo Quiz
Answers from page 17 These soccer fields in Northern Florida have a base of 419 Bermudagrass and are lightly overseeded with perennial ryegrass for winter play. During the overseeding process, the seed spreader was being pulled by a utility vehicle and the extra seed bags were in the back with the gate down. Apparently while spreading the seed, one of the bags dropped off the back of the utility vehicle and impaled itself on the seeder actuator arm causing the seed to quickly spill out as the operator moved along. This spill was not noticed by the operator until the next pass with the seeder. Instead of reporting the problem to the Sports Turf Manager, the employee decided to clean the spilled seed up by dispersing the seed with a backpack blower. The incident was not reported until ryegrass had germinated and the Sports Turf Man- ager noticed this line of heavy ryegrass and questioned the employee. The photo also shows how effective his cleanup effort was and was taken a full 2 months after the incident. The area was visible through the entire winter soccer season until the ryegrass transitioned out; since it was not on the playing surface, it did not cause any problems. Photo Submitted by Tim Legare, CSFM, CPRP, Director of Leisure Services for the City of Callaway, FL and NFSTMA President.
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mas- caro'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.
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