Magazine - Sports fields in Qatar

By Cameron Henley in General Sports on 15th Feb 2010 13:05

Wayne Holmes, ex Eden Park, is now plying his trade in Qatar where C4 (warm season) grass species are the common surface. To get winter cover and protect the warm season grass over the winter and provide a superior surface,

Wayne over seeds his sports grounds with Colosseum®.

The following is the method of establishment of Colosseum® winter active perennial ryegrass into the semi-dormant warm season understory. (Note: this is Northern Hemisphere – so the dates would correspond to our autumn (April)





Every six weeks I apply NPK. In between that I apply foliar feed K, Mn, Mg, Fe, seaweed and a little nitrogen. Plus fungicides every 21 days. That’s a rough guide of what we do. It seems to work well for us. We didn’t sand top-dress after seeding and I was a bit apprehensive about that but here seemed to be plenty of protection from the couch and we got a very even strike so it worked out well. Temperatures were mid to high 20s during the process. – Wayne Holmes



For more from PGG Wrightson head to www.pggwrightsonturf.com
Freecall: 1800 DURATURF

Read more articles in General Sports, by Cameron Henley or from February 2010.