John Mascaro's Photo Quiz Answers from page 17
This photo of lush green turf in the center of this soccer field that is surrounded by brown dormant turf was taken in late February. Notice that there are no leaves on the trees in the background. The true problem is that this municipality does not have as many winter turf blankets as they would like, with only enough to par- tially cover two of their 10 fields. In late fall they aerated this field multiple times, slit seeded it with a 90% turf type tall fes- cue/10% Kentucky bluegrass mix and applied a preventative fungicide. For the field pictured, they have five 60 x 60-foot blankets that cover a 60 x 300-foot area. They use blankets small enough that they are manageable for the two-person crew and install them over the worn center area. It also never fails that any time they take them on or off, there are 20 mph winds, which also make the smaller covers more manage- able. When the covers were removed in late February, you can see the results for yourself. Through documenting the covers effectiveness, the sports turf manager was able to secure funding toward the purchase of more blankets for next winter. Photo submitted by Josh Slayback, athletic fields technician for the City of Clayton, MO.
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro's Photo Quiz please send it to John Mas- caro, 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 re- ceive full credit. All photos submitted will become property of SportsTurf magazine and the Sports Turf Managers Association.
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