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Will take years and investment to get back to what it was before the groundshare/underinvestment period. Probably more costly in the long run.
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Will it really though? I was under the impression we scraped off the top layer each summer and then re-seeded it so without the excess games on it now there shouldn't be any reason why it can't be as good as it used to be assuming there isn't some other issue.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Will take years and investment to get back to what it was before the groundshare/underinvestment period. Probably more costly in the long run.
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Was reported last summer it will take a while for soil structure to recover to allow the the new top layers to bind properly without cutting up.Sprout Picker wrote:Will it really though? I was under the impression we scraped off the top layer each summer and then re-seeded it so without the excess games on it now there shouldn't be any reason why it can't be as good as it used to be assuming there isn't some other issue.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Will take years and investment to get back to what it was before the groundshare/underinvestment period. Probably more costly in the long run.
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Was under the impression it was a sand-based pitch. Hey-ho.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Was reported last summer it will take a while for soil structure to recover to allow the the new top layers to bind properly without cutting up.Sprout Picker wrote:Will it really though? I was under the impression we scraped off the top layer each summer and then re-seeded it so without the excess games on it now there shouldn't be any reason why it can't be as good as it used to be assuming there isn't some other issue.RegencyCheltenhamSpa wrote:Will take years and investment to get back to what it was before the groundshare/underinvestment period. Probably more costly in the long run.
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That's what I mean. The sand layer and top soil will keep cutting up and coming loose until it starts to bind properly with the soil below the sand. Some of the chunks which come up loose are dead. The roots find no nutrients or decent soil structure to grow into beneath the sand.