- May 20, 2015
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our sports fields here were built on fill, so a few season ago we had a sinkhole develop in LF......15-18" around, it was several feet deep......we filled it, tamped it, planted it......well last spring it sunk a few more inches, and the grass didn't take
right now it is late march in maine.....snow has been off most of the grass for a week or so, it's actually drying quickly......we will be outside shortly
this spot is a little low, it is bare grass........the plan right now is to put a little topsoil on it, head over to the edge of the grass outside our track, and cut a patch of turf.....tamp it down, flag it until we have a game on the field (scrimmage scheduled for 4/8), and hope it takes
so.....should i get out there today, find the greenest patch i can (from somewhere where the snow has been on the longest) so that it gets at least 10 days to settle and possibly start to lay roots before it sees action........or am i better off cutting it after the turf has had some more time to wake up from winter dormancy, ie its more important to let the turf wake up and get stronger BEFORE i cut it and place it on the field
would love to hear thoughts
right now it is late march in maine.....snow has been off most of the grass for a week or so, it's actually drying quickly......we will be outside shortly
this spot is a little low, it is bare grass........the plan right now is to put a little topsoil on it, head over to the edge of the grass outside our track, and cut a patch of turf.....tamp it down, flag it until we have a game on the field (scrimmage scheduled for 4/8), and hope it takes
so.....should i get out there today, find the greenest patch i can (from somewhere where the snow has been on the longest) so that it gets at least 10 days to settle and possibly start to lay roots before it sees action........or am i better off cutting it after the turf has had some more time to wake up from winter dormancy, ie its more important to let the turf wake up and get stronger BEFORE i cut it and place it on the field
would love to hear thoughts