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FALL 2015 • THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HALFTIME TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Message . . . . . . . 2
CSTMA Photo Quiz . . . . . . . . 3
Lawnmower Man Open . . . . 4
CSTMA Summer Seminar . . 6
Critical Things Great
Leaders Do Differently. . . . . 8
Member Profile
Brian Rathbun . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Field Shifting —
Spread the Wear . . . . . . . . . 13
Preparing a Field
For Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
STMA Environmental
Facility Certification
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Member Profile
Darrold Hughes . . . . . . . . . . 21
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CSTMA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Dave Radueg
Columbine Equestrian Center
6900 S. Platte Canyon Road
Littleton, CO 80128
Phone: 303-859-3245
Email: [email protected]
The Rocky Mountain Half-Time
is published quarterly by the
Colorado Sports Turf
Managers Association
www.CSTMA.org
191 University Blvd., #703
Denver, CO 80206
Fax: 720-536-8021
Editor - Cody Witham
E-mail: [email protected]
Debra Erwin
City Of Rock Springs
1301 Clubhouse Dr
Rock Springs, Wy 82901
Phone: 307-352-1411
Fax: 307-352-1516
Past President
Drew Barber
Town of Erie
PO Box 750
Erie, Co 80516
Phone: 303-926-2890
Ryan Jensen
City and County of Broomfield
3001 W. 124th Avenue
Broomfield, CO 80020
Phone: 303-464-5687
Vice President
Cody Witham
Dicks Sporting Goods Park
6000 Victory Way
Commerce City, CO 80022
Phone: 720-363-9577
Commercial Officer
Amy Graff
Greenone Industries
2667 Bitterroot Place
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
Phone: 303-518-8999
Commercial Office Elect
Ben Boehme
Golf Enviro Systems
PO Box 49039
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
Phone: 419-773-9619
FALL 2015
DIRECTORS
Sun Roesslein
North Area Athletic Complex
19500 W 64th Pkwy
Golden, CO 80403
Phone: 303-215-3428
Fax: 303-215-3429
Paul Selchert
S. Suburban Parks & Rec
5500 Boatworks Drive
Littleton, Co 80126
Phone: 303-795-9856
Fax: 303-347-6963
Steve Shoultz
Douglas County Parks and Trails
9651 S. Quebec Street
Littleton, CO 80130
Phone: 720-933-0452
Executive Director
Drew Barber
Town Of Erie
Po Box 750
Erie, Co 80516
Phone: 303-926-2890
E-Mail: [email protected]
COLORADO
SPORTS TURF
MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HALFTIME • FALL 2015
President’s Message
Dave Radueg, Columbine Equestrian Center
President CSTMA Chapter
I
CSTMA has had a fantastic summer! Our last
two events were a great
success and I can’t thank the
board of directors enough for
such a wonderful job in planning and executing the Lawn
Mower Open and the Summer Seminar and Field day.
Green valley Ranch Golf
Club had the course in fantastic condition for our Lawn
Mower Open annual golf
tournament as they prepared for the Colorado Open
Championship taking place
the following week. The
LMO is historically our best
attended and most anticipated event and this year was no
exception. The LMO committee continues to improve
the golf tournament and I am
excited to see the growing
success year after year.
Our membership has been
asking for a field day/demo
day event for a more hands
on educational experience
and this August we added
a summer seminar to our
event schedule. The City of
Broomfield hosted the event
at Industrial Park. I would
like to thank Ryan Jenson
for hosting the seminar, the
venue was ideal for this type
of event. There were five separate demonstrations at the
park’s different baseball fields.
The CSTMA sponsors that
attended came with some
very impressive and informative demos. If this event
continues to be as good in
the future as it was this year
then CSTMA members will
be able to take advantage of
this educational format that
allows us to see the processes
up close in a way that a class
room environment cannot
provide.
efforts to continue providing
safer playing conditions and
higher quality sports fields in
Colorado.
Finally, I would like to offer
a special word of gratitude to
the CSTMA Executive Director, Christi Clay. Christi
has been the backbone of this
organization for years and
she has carried the weight of
many details that may have
been missed or forgotten
without her contribution to
the organization. Through
multiple cycles of the Board
of Directors, the time and
effort that Christi has dedicated to our chapter has
been an integral part of our
growth and success since she
began. Christi is resigning
as Executive Director and
passing the responsibilities to
As always, if you have any
Past President Drew Barber. I
questions, suggestions or
encourage everyone to thank
comments we encourage you Christi for all of her work to
to contact any board member. let her know that her efforts
We want to hear your ideas so are greatly appreciated.
that we can apply them to our
Thank you Christi!
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CSTMA PHOTO QUIZ
Can you identify this
sports turf problem?
Problem:
Small line of burnt and discolored grass.
Turfgrass area:
Stadium Field
Location:
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park – Commerce City
Grass Variety:
Kentucky Bluegrass
SEE ANSWER ON PAGE 19.
If you would like to submit a photograph for the Photo Quiz please send it to
CSTMA, 91 University Blvd. #703, Denver, CO 80206 • call 720-935-3840 or email [email protected].
If your photograph is selected, you will receive full credit.
All photos submitted will become property of Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association.
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members together to raise money for the CSTMA Scholarship Programs.
This year’s event was our most successful and well attended golf tournament to date, and we would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge our
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CSTMA Summer
Seminar
O
n August 12th the Colorado Sports Turf Managers hosted its annual Summer Seminar. The
event was held at the Broomfield Industrial
Sports Complex. Comprised of four baseball/softball
fields, the complex served as a great location for members to interact and view demonstrations from vendors.
Rotating through the four fields, guests were treated to
equipment demos, pitching mound construction, infield
grading, irrigation practices, sod selection, and many
more tips and tools of the sports turf profession. The day
was wrapped up with lunch off the grill and raffle prizes.
The CSTMA Board of Directors would like to thank all
those who attended as well as CSTMA Board Member
Ryan Jensen and his staff from The City of Broomfield
for their generous hospitality.
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Critical Things Great Leaders
Do Differently
G
reat leadership can be a
difficult thing to pin down
and understand. You know
a great leader when you’re working
for one, but even they can have a
hard time articulating what it is that
makes their leadership so effective.
It was recently rumored that Starbucks’ CEO Howard Schultz would
run for president, but Schultz shut
the idea down almost immediately.
He wrote in an article:
“Despite the encouragement of others, I have no intention of entering
the presidential fray. I’m not done
serving at Starbucks.”
Schultz commitment to his company over the temptation of the limelight is interesting. What’s admirable
is his desire to be a leader who serves.
Service isn’t just something Schulz
gives lip service to in the press;
his mission is to create a company where people are treated with
respect and dignity, and he backs
this rhetoric up with his money and
time. Starbucks will spend $250
million over the next 10 years to put
benefit-eligible employees through
college, and Schultz wakes up every
day at 4:00 a.m. to send motivational e-mails to his employees (the
email he wrote yesterday asking
employees to show empathy for customers who have been affected by
the plummeting stock market is an
interesting, recent example of this).
It’s through a leader’s actions—what
he or she does and says on a daily
basis—that the essence of great
leadership becomes apparent.
“Dream more than
others think practical. Expect more than
others think possible.
Care more than others
think wise.” -Howard Schultz
Behavior can change, and leaders
who work to improve their skills get
results.
In Schultz’s case, he’s been honing
his leadership craft for three decades through, among other things,
the direct coaching and mentoring
of leadership expert Warren Bennis
at USC.
Not everyone can take on Warren
Bennis as a mentor, of course, but
when it comes down to it, improving your leadership skills is within
your control. You just need to study
what great leaders do and to incorporate these behaviors into your
repertoire.
There are six critical things that
great leaders do that really stand
out. Any of us can do the same.
1
They’re kind without being
weak
One of the toughest things for leaders to master is kindness. Kindness
shares credit and offers enthusiastic
praise for others’ work. It’s a balancing act, between being genuinely
kind and not looking weak. The key
to finding that balance is to recognize that true kindness is inherently
strong—it’s direct and straightfor-
Dr. Travis Bradberry
ward. Telling people the difficult
truth they need to hear is much
kinder than protecting them (or
yourself) from a difficult conversation. This is weak.
True kindness also doesn’t come
with expectations. Kindness is weak
when you use it in a self-serving
manner. Self-serving kindness is
thin—people can see right through
it when a kind leader has an agenda.
Think of Schultz, who dedicated
$250 million to employee education with no strings attached, and
as soon as employees finish their
degree, they are free to walk out the
door. That’s true kindness.
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They’re strong without being
harsh Strength is an important quality in
a leader. People will wait to see if a
leader is strong before they decide
to follow his or her lead or not. People need courage in their leaders.
They need someone who can make
difficult decisions and watch over
the good of the group. They need
a leader who will stay the course
when things get tough. People are
far more likely to show strength
themselves when their leader does
the same.
A lot of leaders mistake domineering, controlling, and otherwise
harsh behavior for strength. They
think that taking control and pushing people around will somehow
inspire a loyal following. Strength
isn’t something you can force on
people; it’s something you earn by
demonstrating it time and again in
the face of adversity. Only then will
FALL 2015 • THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HALFTIME people trust that they should follow
you.
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They’re confident, without
being cocky We gravitate to confident leaders
because confidence is contagious,
and it helps us to believe that there
are great things in store. The trick,
as a leader, is to make certain your
confidence doesn’t slip into arrogance and cockiness. Confidence
is about passion and belief in your
ability to make things happen, but
when your confidence loses touch
with reality, you begin to think you
can do things you can’t and have
done things you haven’t. Suddenly
it’s all about you. This arrogance
makes you lose credibility.
Great, confident leaders are still
humble. They don’t allow their
accomplishments and position of
authority to make them feel that
they’re better than anyone else. As
such, they don’t hesitate to jump in
and do the dirty work when needed,
and they don’t ask their followers to
do anything they aren’t willing to do
themselves.
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4
They stay positive, but remain realistic Another major challenge that
leaders face is finding the balance
between keeping things positive
and still being realistic. Think of a
sailboat with three people aboard: a
pessimist, an optimist, and a great
leader. Everything is going smoothly until the wind suddenly sours.
The pessimist throws his hands up
and complains about the wind; the
optimist sits back, saying that things
will improve; but the great leaders says, “We can do this!” and he
adjusts the sails and keeps the ship
moving forward. The right combination of positivity and realism is
what keeps things moving forward.
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They’re role models, not
preachers Great leaders inspire trust and admiration through their actions, not
just their words. Many leaders say that integrity is important to
them, but great leaders walk their
talk by demonstrating integrity
every day. Harping on people all day
long about the behavior you want to
see has a tiny fraction of the impact
you achieve by demonstrating that
behavior yourself.
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They’re willing to take a
bullet for their people The best leaders will do anything
for their teams, and they have their
people’s backs no matter what. They
don’t try to shift blame, and they
don’t avoid shame when they fail.
They’re never afraid to say, “The
buck stops here,” and they earn people’s trust by backing them up. Great
leaders also make it clear that they
welcome challenges, criticism, and
viewpoints other than their own.
They know that an environment
where people are afraid to speak up,
offer insights, and ask good questions is destined for failure.
Bringing It All Together
Great leadership is dynamic; it
melds a variety of unique skills
into an integrated whole. Incorporate the behaviors above into your
repertoire, and you’ll see immediate
improvement in your leadership
skills.
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Parks Lead Worker
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Where are you from and how
did you end up where you are
today?
I’m a Colorado native and I have
always enjoyed sports and the
outdoors. I began my career as a
seasonal in parks and now have
over 9 years of experience in open
space, trail and turf management.
For the last 2 years I’ve been with
Douglas County Parks, Trails and
Building Grounds in District 4.
What attracted you to the Sports
Turf Profession?
Growing up playing and watching
sports made me have an appreciation for safe, playable, beautiful
fields. As a sports turf manager I
take pride in being a part of caring
for fields and outdoor amenities
for people to enjoy.
What types of fields to you care
for?
In District 4 we have 1 full synthetic baseball field, 1 synthetic multiuse field and a large blue / ryegrass
dog park. In addition we manage 2
regional parks and 6 county facilities.
What do you enjoy the most
about the Sports Turf Industry?
I enjoy seeing the work you put in
make a difference. It is fulfilling to
identify an issue, rectify the problem and see an improvement in
the end.
What do you enjoy the least
With all of the hard work and dedication put into the maintenance
of the turf it can be frustrating how
fast conditions change such as
weather, disease, etc. Time can also
become an issue when wearing
many hats in this profession.
What is something you’ve
learned working in Sports Turf
that you would like to share with
others?
I’ve learned it takes the entire team
working together and doing their
part to be successful. There are
many moving parts in this profession and communication and
teamwork are key. I am lucky to
work with so many great people!
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Field Shifting - Spread
The Wear
O
ne of the biggest challenges
Sports Turf Managers face is
managing field wear. Things
looked great in the spring, but as the
summer goes along, conditions begin to
erode. Aside from eliminating all field
use, additional measures just won’t keep
up with the wear and tear. Seeding takes
too long, resodding is too expensive or
time consuming, and reducing play is
just not an option. How about moving
the field, or as some refer to as ‘shifting’
the field. Move it to the east, move it to
the north, or how about changing the
orientation of the field from north south
to east west. Whatever you choose, a
shift will often allow the high wear areas
to get that added rest they need for
recovery. Because of specific constraints,
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field shifting may not be an option.
Fixed goal anchors can prevent a field
shift, as well as nearby hazards such as
bleachers, fences, irrigation boxes, or
light poles. Or the field area as a whole
may not be large enough to shift. Artificial surfaces with permanent sewn in
markings do not have the option to shift.
So, shifting is obviously not a solution
for everyone. However, if you’ve got the
space, consider moving your field, particularly if you are dealing with a sport
that creates obvious wear areas. Soccer,
lacrosse, and football come to mind.
Here at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park,
we’ve seen positive results when soccer
fields are shifted about 10’ east or west.
Goals mouths and referee runways can
get the rest they need. The past few
years, we’ve hosted back to back to back
weekends of youth lacrosse in the spring.
Each week we move the field over 9’. By
shifting the fields each week, and with a
little over seeding prior to the event, the
high wear areas will recover. We always
try to over seed prior to a shift. Do it
a few days before to the shift, allow the
players to cleat it in, and the recovery
process begins. Should the wear areas
recover well enough, the field can then
be moved back to its original location.
Field shifting can be quite time consuming when all the markings and points on
the field must be measured and re-set,
but it is often worth the extra effort.
Shift 1: This soccer field was shifted west 25’ to create new wear areas
and allow the goal mouths to recover.
Shift 3: This High School field is reduced in size and shifted east to reduce wear
on the MLS field. The use of portable goals allows for the shift. Team bench
areas are also moved to the opposite side of the field to help reduce warm-up
traffic and sideline wear.
Shift 2: The lacrosse field is shifted to the left of this soccer field to prevent added wear in the center of the field.
Shift 4: This lacrosse field is set on the east side of this soccer field to prevent
added wear in the center of the field.
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Sports Field Management Practices –
Preparing a Field for Winter
P
roperly preparing your field
for winter will give your turf
the best chance to be ready
for play in the spring. Developing
and implementing a plan to combat
extreme winter weather conditions
will not only help your turf survive, but will also jumpstart spring
growth and result in overall healthier turf throughout the year. By beginning your winter preparation at
the end of the summer and continuing it throughout the fall, you will
be on your way tomanaging an even
better field next year. Whether you
are managing cool or warm season
grasses, the success of your field is
largely dependent on how your field
overwinters. Here are some tips that
will help you put your field to bed
for the winter and successfully wake
up in the spring.
ration on hand before they are
needed.
Cool-Season Grasses
The following are recommendations
for preparing Kentucky bluegrass
and/or perennial ryegrass sports
fields for winter.
Fertilization
Cool season grasses get a flush of
growth in the fall. It is important
to fertilize these grasses during this
time to maintain healthy growth
and enhance recovery from wear.
With proper fertilization, your field
has the best chance to go into the
winter with a high amount of turf
cover.
• Develop your fertilization program based on soil test results.
• Apply 1 lb. of nitrogen per
1000 ft2 at the beginning of the
football/soccer season (early
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September), at midseason (mid
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frost. You can wait until after the
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seeding.
• Do not apply excessive amounts
of nitrogen within a few weeks
before the first expected frost.
Too much nitrogen at this time
results in extreme plant succulence, which can lead to cold
injury.
Overseeding
High wear areas on football and soccer fields lose turf cover and require
overseeding during the season to
reduce areas of bare soil (Figure 1).
• Begin overseeding following
the first game with perennial
ryegrass and continue seeding
throughout the season. Over
Have a Plan
• Plan out your maintenance practices around the schedule of field
use before the fall season begins.
Look for extended periods of little or no play and perform your
most disruptive cultural practices, such as aerification, during
this time. If your field is used on
a daily basis, be prepared to aerify as soon as the season is over.
• Be ready to adapt your plan if
needed. Weather conditions,
changes in schedules, and makeup games can alter your plan –
always have a back-up plan.
• Be sure to have all equipment,
seed, and fertilizers you anticipate using for winter prepa-
Figure 1. Constantly seeding high wear areas like this during the season will not only help
during the season, but it also gives you a jumpstart in the spring
FALL 2015 • THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HALFTIME time you will build a “seed bank”
that will help maintain cover
during the fall and into the winter. Also, some of the seed that
does not germinate in the fall
will germinate in the spring.
• Focus your overseeding on the
high wear areas, i.e. between the
hashmarks on football fields and
at the goal mouths on soccer
fields. If you can maintain turf in
these areas you will have fewer
weeds in the spring.
• Fill divots throughout the season
with divot mix that contains
sand/soil, organic fertilizer, and
perennial ryegrass seed. This
will help ensure a divot-free field
in spring.
Other Cultural Practices
If you have a baseball field that is
only used in the spring and summer,
fall is the perfect time to improve
soil conditions heading into the
winter. On fall-used fields, you can
wait until after the season to perform cultivation practices.
• Aerify, spike, or slice during the
fall to relieve compaction, increase infiltration, and increase
oxygen flow into the rootzone.
Core aerification causes significant surface disruption so it is
often best to wait until after the
football/soccer season.
• If you core aerify a native soil
field, drag dry cores back into
the field. On sand-based fields,
remove the cores and topdress
with a sand that properly matches the particle sizes of the rootzone.
• Solid-tine aerification, spiking,
and slicing each produce less
surface disruption than core
aerification and are often better
in-season cultivation options
(Figure 2).
• Combine overseeding with aeri-
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fication, spiking,
slicing, or any
other similar
cultural practice.
After the Season
Depending on
your location, your
turf may be able to
begin to recover
from damage after
the season if it is
still actively growFigure 2. Using solid tines like these to aerify can help increase
ing. If turf growth
water infiltration and oxygen levels in the rootzone with little
has stopped, you
surface disruption
can still take steps
formation on using compost on
to ensure your field survives the
turfgrass can be found at http://
winter.
turfgrassmanagement.psu.edu/
• Lower your mowing height to
proturf.cfm. Sand-based field
reduce your chances for snow
should be topdressed with sand
mold outbreaks and damage.
that closely matches the particle
• Even if your turf is dormant, aesize distribution of the rootzone.
rify with hollow-tines and seed
• Seed large, worn out areas like
so you do not have to worry
the center of your football field.
about it in the spring when your
• Sod smaller worn out areas.
field may be waterlogged from
Even if the sod is dormant, you
spring rains.
can install it in places like soccer
• Applying topdressing in congoal mouths (Figure 3). As soon
junction with aerification will
as the weather warms up, it will
also improve conditions in the
start rooting.
spring.
• Apply a fungicide to protect
• On native soil fields, consider
against pink and gray snow
topdressing with compost. In
Figure 3. Sodding goal mouth areas at the end of the season is often a better option
than waiting for seed to germinate in the spring. The sod will begin rooting as soon as the
weather turns warm.
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Environmental Facility Certification Program
The Environmental Facility Certification program was designed to promote environmental stewardship and awareness for STMA
members by documenting the impacts of their management practices on the environment. The program has four components:
1. Self Assessment tool - Gathers information on 10 different Best Practice areas. These areas include storm water management,
fertilization, pesticide/integrated pest management, recycling, composting, mowing, energy conservation, shop buildings and
storage areas, irrigation, and educational outreach.
2. Attesting - One very important component of this certification process is to have another person validate your responses by
doing a walk-through of your facility with you. STMA will provide the attester form and instructions.
3. Certification - For a facility to achieve certification, it must achieve a score of “complying”; the Environmental Committee is
still working on determining what that “score” is. Once achieved, the facility will be certified for a certain number of years, and
certification stays with the facility even if the sports field manager changes.
4. Renewal Process -- STMA Environmental Committee is still formulating this process.
STMA is piloting this program on a broad scale this year. If you are interested in participating in the pilot, please contact Kim Heck,
[email protected]. The information submitted by pilot testers will be considered an official application for environmental certification. If your facility qualifies by meeting the yet-to-be-determined percent of Complying and the attesting component noted above,
environmental certification will be awarded from your pilot process when this program is officially rolled out in 2016.
ANSWER TO CSTMA PHOTO QUIZ - PAGE 3
The discolored grass is the result of a camera cable.
The TV crew installed an in ground camera within
the soccer goal for the MLS All Star game. While the
cables laying on the grass behind the goal are common, and rarely harm the grass, this particular crew
used heavy black tape to secure the cable to the field.
Additionally, because of the nature of the event, the
camera was placed the day before the game and the
cables sat on the field for an extended period of time.
The discoloration remained for about 10 days and has
since grown out.
Photos submitted by Dan Mathews, Turf Coordinator
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park
If you have any interesting photos and would like to submit
them for the next newsletter, please contact us at
[email protected].
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Darrold
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Athletic Field Specialist
Colorado College
Where are you from and how
did you end up where you are
today?
I am originally from southern California. In the mid 1970’s the army
brought me to Colorado and I have
been here ever since.
What attracted you to the Sports
Turf Profession?
I was attracted to the sports turf
profession after 20 years as a
grounds keeper here at Colorado
College. Always having to help out
the field guy I learned a lot about
sports turf and found I enjoyed the
challenges that come with keeping
a natural grass field going through
a season with all the abuse that
comes with a multiple use field.
What types of fields to you care
for?
I take care of one synthetic multi
use field that is used for every
sport you can think of as well as
the running track around it and six
tennis courts. One grass field that
is for soccer and lacrosse, but is
also open to the college community for lots of sports and non-sports
related activities.
What do you enjoy the most
I get the most enjoyment out of
interacting with student athletes.
They are so full of positive energy
and are always appreciative of the
effort it takes to keep them playing
on a safe and beautiful field.
What do you enjoy the least
What I like least about the sports
turf profession is having to clean
up behind contractors. Being a
small venue we don’t have the
equipment to do everything we
would like to in house. Most contractors don’t care about how they
leave a sight looking they do their
part then leave the clean-up and
detail work for the maintenance
people like myself.
What is something you’ve
learned working in Sports Turf
that you would like to share with
others?
If I have learned anything in this
industry that is worth passing on
it would be that no one person
can do it all, you have to develop
and maintain relationships with
other turf managers, sales people,
mechanics, and a whole host of
others. If you’re going to do this
job right it takes 100% of your
skills and the help and advice of
others.
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Preparing a Field for Winter — cont’d from page 15
Figure 4. Using growth covers on the middle of the field can help your turf recover from
football damage after the season.
mold. Check with your local
university for recommendations
on which fungicides to use.
• Use growth covers. Growth
covers create a greenhouse-like
effect that allows seed to germinate and turf to grow during the
winter (Figure 4). Consider using growth covers in your high
wear areas after you have seeded
them. Be sure to apply a snow
mold fungicide and remember
you’ll probably have to take the
covers off periodically so you
can mow.
• Preemergent herbicides can be
applied in late fall for spring
weeds BUT it is important to
not overseed if you apply a
preemergent herbicide because
the herbicide will prevent your
seed from germinating. If you
need to overseed, you can kill
weeds in the spring with postemergent herbicides.
Baseball and Softball Fields
Many of the tips described above
can also be used on baseball and
softball fields. Here are some additional tips:
• Core aerify in the fall. If your
field is not getting used in the
fall, the surface disruption will
not matter.
• Prepare the pitcher’s mound and
home plate area prior to winter, then cover each with a tarp
so they are ready to go in the
spring.
• Use silt fence or 2 x 4 boards
around the edge of your infield
skin to prevent wind-blown
infield dirt from forming a lip
between the skinned area and
the turf.
Bermudagrass
Bermudagrass is grown on many
sports fields in the south where winters are less harsh. The following are
recommendations for bermudagrass
fields.
Fertilization
Bermudagrass begins to go dormant
when day lengths get shorter and air
temperatures drop below 50 F. You
should apply the majority of your
fertilizer in the summer when the
bermudagrass is actively growing.
• Develop your fertilization program based on soil test results.
It is especially important to have
optimum levels of potassium
prior to winter dormancy.
• Reduce, but do not eliminate
nitrogen applications in the fall.
Excessive amounts of nitrogen
can lead to leaching because
plant growth and nitrogen uptake is slowed in the cooler fall
weather.
• On areas prone to spring dead
spot, reduce nitrogen rates in
the fall.
• Make final nitrogen application
30 days prior to the first expected frost. Applications after this
time may increase your chances
for winterkill.
• Consider foliar-applied iron to
help maintain green color without a flush of growth late in the
season.
Overseeding
Because bermudagrass goes dormant after frost, cool season grasses
are often overseeded on bermudagrass fields to provide green
color during the late fall and winter
months.
• Select your overseeding grass
– either annual, perennial, or
intermediate ryegrass.
• Begin overseeding in early to
mid fall to be sure the overseeded grass germinates and begins
to grow before the bermudagrass goes dormant.
• Verticutting and/or slit seeding
is often not required for overseeding. Try not to damage the
bermudagrass – even though it
is going dormant, it still provides a good playing surface.
Plus, you will reduce your
chances for winterkill.
• Consider painting the field with
green paint instead of overseeding. This saves you a lot
of money and labor time plus
you do not need to worry about
killing the overseeded grass in
the spring.
FALL 2015 • THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HALFTIME Remember, your bermudagrass
needs at least 100 days of competition-free growth to establish
a strong stand so the overseeded
ryegrass must be removed with a
herbicide application the following
spring.
Other Cultural Practices
All aerification, verticutting, topdressing, etc. on bermudagrass
should be done in the summer when
the bermudagrass is actively growing. If you wait until fall, you are
setting yourself up for a high chance
of widespread winterkill.
• If spring dead spot is a problem, apply a fungicide in the fall
when soil temperatures are still
above 60 F. Check with your
local university for fungicide
recommendations.
• Cover the field with a tarp on
nights that frost is expected. This
will help maintain green color
and minimize initial frost injury
(Figure 5).
After the season
Odds are that by the end of the season your bermudagrass will be nearly or completely dormant. At this
time, there are still a few things you
can do to help get ready for spring.
• If you overseeded and your
field is not going to be used in
the spring, use a non-selective
herbicide such as glyphosate to
remove the overseeded grass. BE
SURE the bermudagrass is completely dormant before applying.
• For non-overseeded fields, glyphosate can be used to control
winter weeds (Figure 6). Again,
BE SURE the bermudagrass
is completely dormant before
applying.
• Consider using a growth blanket
or tarp to minimize winterkill.
• To protect bermudagrass from
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cold temperatures, 4 to 6 inches
of clean straw can be spread over
the field to insulate the turf. This
requires about 300 to 400 bales
of straw per field. Use netting to
be sure the straw does not blow
away and make sure the bermudagrass is dormant.
Baseball and Softball Fields
Many of the tips described above
can also be used on baseball and
softball fields. Also, refer to the
baseball and softball fields section
under cool season grasses for additional tips for your infield.
Figure 5. Early frost damage like this can be prevented by covering the field with a tarp prior
to expected frost.
Figure 6. Non-selective herbicides like glyphosate can be used to control winter weeds in
bermudagrass as long as the bermudagrass is completely dormant at the time of application.
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