Take a look at the below chart titled the cricket square maintenance annual planner, its aim is to just give you a rough guide and help you plan in terms of labour and material for the coming months and weeks.
This is rough guide, so whether the use of granular is suitable for the month stated has to come down to you, if in doubt read the label and you wont go far wrong or speak to the person who sold you it.
Please note timings are a rough guide, based on my own experiences of living down south and may vary.
Also check out a couple of videos below on winter maintenance by the ECB
Ideally this planner needs to be viewed on a desktop computer, to be seen as a whole.
Season Planner | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | Sept- | Oct | Nov | Dec | Season Planner |
1-Soil Analysis | # | # | # | Soil Analysis | |||||||||
2-Mowing | # | 20-18mm | Mowing | ||||||||||
3-Square up | Square up | ||||||||||||
4-Pre-Season roll | # | # | Pre-Season Roll | ||||||||||
5-Overseed | # | # | # | # | Overseed | ||||||||
6-Feeding Window | # | # | # | Feed | |||||||||
7-Verticut (v)/Brush Dew (B) | Brush | B | B# | Brush | B | Verticut(v) Brush(B) Dew off | |||||||
8-Red Thread Activity | # | # | # | Red Thread activity | |||||||||
9-Weed Control | # | # | Weed Control | ||||||||||
10-Pitch Prep | Pitch Prep | ||||||||||||
11-Pitch Repairs | # | Pitch Repairs | |||||||||||
12-Renovations | # | Renovation | |||||||||||
13-Worm Control Window | # | Worms Control Window | |||||||||||
14-Aeration | # | #2-4″ | Aeration |
I am also looking to do a cricket square maintenance annual /planner, but for other sports so watch this space..
Very helpful video below from the ecb, which is worth a watch👇🏻
For part two of the above video check out our How To Video Guide page-
How to Video Guide Archives
key to above chart –
Low N- Low Nitrogen
S/S Spring/Summer fertilser
18mm e.g = Height of Cut (does not include pitch HOC)
Brian
If you would like a printable version –
As great as our blogs are they will never replace hands on training, this can be accessed via your local groundsman association and via the Grounds Management Association
https://thegma.org.uk/learning/training
