Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Lawncare in Leicester.....Now is a Good Time to Aerate your Lawn!




 

 

Now is a Good Time to Aerate your Lawn!

 

Aerating your lawn has many benefits:

 

  • Improves air exchange between the soil and atmosphere
  • Improves fertiliser uptake and use
  • Reduces water run off and puddling
  • Promotes deeper healthier root growth
  • Reduces soil compaction
  • Enhances heat and drought stress tolerance
  • Introduces air in to thatch layer and rootzone enhancing thatch breakdown

 

Our Groundsman 345HD is a commercial machine with vertical action penetrating down to a depth of 5” and it’s only 32” wide allowing it to pass through a standard gateway.

 

Many of our Cricket and Bowling Club customers are seeing the benefits of regular Aeration

 

We also carry out commercially and domestically:

  • Hollow Tining
  • Micro/Needle Tining
  • Slit Tining
  • Verticutting
  • Linear Aeration/ Deep Scarification
  • Top Dressing
  • Moss Control
  • Fertiliser Application
  • Fungicide Application
  • Worm Control
  • Weed Control

 

Everyone’s lawn is different, we are not a franchise nor do we work to a fixed menu, we tailor a programme of work specific to your own circumstances

 

We have been looking after some of the Midlands most prestigious Cricket and Bowls Clubs since 1986

 

 

Call us today and allow us to improve the health of your Lawn!


Monday, 1 April 2013

Groundsman 345HD Woodford -cum- Membris Bowls Club

In season Needle Tining with 5/162 dia Clusters at inch and a quarter spacings....

Lovely Job......

"Needle Tining" or "Cluster Tining" with a Groundsman 345 Aerator

In season "Needle Tining" or "Cluster Tining" with a Groundsman 345 Aerator on a Bowls Green

With the Vertical Action there is no disruption to the playing surface, the finshed effect is a "Knitting Needle" dia hole, only 5/16" in dia at quite a dense spacing of inch and a quarter by inch and a quarter, so the green is peppered with shallow holes.


All we doing is keeping the playing surface open and letting
it breathe , does a fantastic job especially prior to feed and fertiliser applications aiding the ingress of product , plus aiding surface drainage

As you can see, cluster tines leave no surfcace disruption
Regular monthly Needle tining can transform a green over a season

To quote a local bowls club chairman " Dean, this time last year our green was one of the poorest in our league , following your " little and often " approach to maintenance it's now one of the best greens in our league"

And the savings made in not having to buy any "miracle cure" products has reduced the maintenance costs, reduced disease costs ,increased root depth with helps the plant to become more drought resistant, plus the improved quality of the green has not only help retain existing members , but brought in several new members for the new season
 

 

Saturday, 23 March 2013

Bowling Green Maintenance


Bowling Green Maintenance
 
We are a company specialising in the maintenance and renovation of Bowling Greens in Leicestershire and throughout the Midlands.
 
         Prevention is always better than cure, and with our regular “little and often” maintenance program throughout
the year we could transform your playing surface and actually…………Save you money!!.
 
 
Specialist Aeration Service
Hollow - Solid & Micro Needle Tining
“Graden” Deep Scarification / Linear Aeration
Top Dressing & Spraying
Fertiliser Application
Overseeding
Self Drive Turf Machinery Hire
 
 
We will save you money.....!...:
 
With reduced Feed and Fungicide inputs
Reduce Disease and Insect Problems
Encourage a Deeper Rooting System, increasing your turfs ability to deal with Drought
Improve the Surface Drainage and Water Infiltration
Firm the Playing Surface, improving Smoothness and Pace
Improve gas Exchange between the Rootzone and the Atmosphere
Improve the Sward Density and reduce Weed invasion
 
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If you are experiencing problems on your green, we would gladly offer a “free no obligation” site visit and
soil analysis followed up with a written report carried out by an unbiased independent agronomy company.
 
 
 
We would welcome the opportunity in quoting for your requirements,
or if we can be of any assistance in the future please feel free in contacting us
 
We look forward to your call......
07901 724201 - 01664 840055
 
We 

Turfco Mete-R-Matic Pedestrian Topdresser For Hire

Turfco Mete-R-Matic Pedestrian Top Dresser For Hire
Self Drive or Operated
Let us take the backache out of the job for you
Uniform spread without all the raking and luting

Ideal for Large Lawns , Bowling Greens , Cricket Squares , Tennis Courts

We operate full range of Fine Turf Sports Machinery

More Info?.....call 07901 724201
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www.deanbroughtonturfcare.co.uk

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Groundsman 345HD Turf Aerators For Hire


Groundsman 345HD Vertical Action Turf Aerators available for hire with full range of various size Tines and Holders
Solid Tines from - 5/16" dia  to 5/8" dia
Hollow Tines from 5/16" dia to 3/4" jumbo
Swath Boards / Windrow Attachments for Rowing up Hollow Cores

Hole spacings from 1" x 1" for in season dethatching and overseeding to 3" x 3" patterns for general aeration duties and end of season renovation works

Tining depths down to 5" , machine only 32" wide , so will go through a standard gateway , high output machine with the ability to cover over a 1000 sq metres an hour

Reconised these days in the Bowls and Cricket world as the industry standard Turf Aerator

See these machines in action on our Facebook page.......http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dean-Broughton-Turfcare/240357202678296

Need further info ?.....give us a call.....01664 840055 - 07901 724201

Friday, 13 April 2012



Cluster / Needle Tining with 5/16" dia Tines at an 1" x 1" spacing leaving no disruption to the playing surface