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Turf Maintenance

What Kit?Professional aerators, scarifiers, line markers, seeders and top dressers for use on golf greens, bowling greens, race courses, lawns, sports grounds, playing fields, recreational turf and other turf areas.

Kit for pitches - renewing turf after a damp spring

What are the options for groundsmen looking to bring facilities back to life? Rachel Anderson reports on latest developments in seeders, aerators, scarifiers, line-markers, spreaders and top dressers.

Latest Turf Maintenance Reviews

How To Buy & Market Reports

Verticollector lifts material into the hopper

Ten of the latest mechanised products for turf maintenance

Imants Shockwave: Campey Turf Care Systems machine used to deal with compaction on the playing surfaces at Sandbach RUFC - image: Campey Turfcare Systems

Kit for pitches

What is available to help groundsmen keep playing surfaces in the best possible condition? Sally Drury asks the experts.

Derbyshire’s Clay Cross Town FC - image: Pan Publicity

Pitch renovation and preparation

Repair work should be planned well in advance and a growing number of products are available to help get the job done, Sally Drury reports.


More Turf Maintenance Reviews & Articles

Eliet C550 is just the right size to slip through gateways onto courts, greens and lawns - credit: PSD Groundscare
Intelligent One: robotic line-marking machine introduced by Rigby Taylor - image: Rigby Taylor

What's in store for turf in 2017?

Labour shortage, loss of chemicals, robotic mowing, new grasses and plant nutrition.

Saltex: move to National Exhibition Centre delivered fresh feel and new dynamism - image: IoG Saltex

IoG Saltex 2016 - show preview

This year's Saltex will be looking to build on the success of last year by packing in a multitude of exhibitors and sessions over the two days, Sally Drury reports.

Rotorake TM1000: tractor-mounted scarifier available from Sisis - image: SISIS

How to buy - aerators and scarifiers

Using the right equipment is essential to ensure that grass roots get the air, water and nutrients they need to thrive, Sally Drury explains.

Kombi: sprayer-type line markers use pump and nozzles to apply the paint to both sides of grass blades - image: HW

Line markers

The latest machines have simplified the process of line marking using cutting-edge technology and even robotics, Sally Drury reports.

Supaturf TXE 353 - image: HW
Rigby Taylor iGO Mini - image: HW

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