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Unlike what many think, the maintenance of natural grass is not an impossible mission, even when foot traffic is intensive. However, to benefit of the usage of the pitch intensively all year around, a well designed hybrid grass system will provide multiple advantages compared to any other solution if you just examine all features with a holistic view.

Natural grass sport fields ... the "key" for the maintenance

The resistance of the natural grass depends on its density and the development of deep root system. A natural grass pitch, well built and maintained regularly, can withstand up to 15 hours usage a week during the ideal growing period of the grass; The ideal growing period for cool season grasses is when temperature ranges form 59° F to 77 ° F meanwhile warm season grow better from 75° F to 86 ° F that goes from April to mid of June and from September to October in Temperate Maritime climates. However, it is when the grass is not growing well enough to recover the damages of intensive play that starts to thin out, especially if intensive play is associated with cold and rainy weather or hot weather in excess of humidity. 

Player give the best on well maintained pitch

Mowing and watering of a pitch in natural grass seem trivial operations and, so far, in amateur pitches have been carried out by older people who devote their time for passion but, when the intensive play is necessary frequently, extra skills are required. In some cases, a long and rainy winter may occurs; in other cases, very high temperatures could be a big limit in summer and maintenance operations may become a challenge.

Therefore entrust the regular maintenance to a qualified Groundsman, but mind that the facility also needs an upgrade with an automatic irrigation system with remote controlled and monitoring the growth conditions with soil and aerial probes to manage a sports field with ease. When foot traffic becomes frequent, it's imperative to built up a drainage system and a suitable sand based growth medium to remove the water and reduce soil compaction, creating the conditions for the cultivation of a resistant natural grass to intensive traffic.

In natural grass pitches for professional use, where the temperature goes below zero for more than two weeks, it is recommended to integrate a heating system below the growth medium to prevent frost(*) problems. Keeping the surface at +39° F is good enough to keep your grass safe over the winter period.

Regular maintenance requires at least  10 basic operations to play up to 320 hours/year on a natural grass pitch.

Ask your local grass specialist for the subscription of natural grass maintenance service of yours pitch at two levels of intensity depending on the number of hours of use(**):

• Standard Care for 3-star field, to play up to 8 hours per week, for about 40 weeks a year
• Intensive Care for 4-star field, to play up to 24 hours per week, for about 44 weeks a year that is only possible on hybrid grass POWERgrass^TM system

(*) In case of frost is better to avoid playing. Besides frozen plants are likely to get irreversible damages, that are much higher during the thaw of the first centimeters where occurs an excess of water on the surface that doesn't drain in the soil, still frozen in depth. The surface becomes slippery, dangerous for the players and is very easy to remove the grass sods.

(**) The number of hours for the use of the field depends basically from the growth medium and its water infiltrations rate to absorb the rainwater. Playing on a compacted surface in the presence of stagnant water on the surface may compromise the health of the grass quickly. It's important to restore the infiltration of water to remedy the problem quickly.

POWERgrass^TM will provide 3 times more play, without the risk to miss a game

When the climate is challenging your playing schedule and/or the pitch is about to be used intensively, a well designed hybrid system is necessary to be installed. A well designed hybrid grass system it supposed to provide at least 20 hours of play per week with relatively good ground coverage in natural grass almost all year around.

You can count on POWERgrass^TM because it will provide the lowest average cost for hour of use using the formula "all inclusive" for both construction and maintenance POWERgrass^TM that is about 3 times less expensive and will warrantee an always playable pitch. That is one of the main reasons because POWERgrass^TM is the best invention ever developed in the sport turf industry.