Replacing the turf at Trice
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Interesting. Curious if the new turf on the field/practice field is not to the football staff's liking, or is it not performing to the ISU turfgrass standards they thought it would.
I heard it is the primary cause for our 2 yard drag routes on 3 and 9 failing.
I'm pretty interested the actual cause for this. I can understand if there's a lot of pride in the Turf Management program to have a completely natural field, but from the outside and no knowledge of the situation/turf knowledge, hybrid stitching seems like an overall benefit to the health and condition of the turf.
This and the following posts tell me nothing, from a horticultural or usability standpoint. Anyone have any factual info to share?
EDIT: NM, i found it here:
Hybrid Stitching - Grassmax systems
This page describes the 'Grassmax Hybrid Stitching' technology. We use special automated machines manufactured in Germany. The equipment is fully electric and laser-guided.
www.grassmax.com
Apparently our soil, weather and cultural practices, on their own, don't provide a satisfactory playing surface?
Quick explainer graphic here for anyone else wondering what this is:
The practice fields see activity pretty much every day. When the weather is wet it can get torn up pretty bad even if well maintained. I could see the stitched field being a huge benefit in keeping it playable with such heavy use. If you are adding it to the practice fields it seems like a no brainer to add to the stadium turf to help keep it pristine when you have back to back to back home games and the weather is being hard on it. I have been a fan of this and hoping ISu would get it since I saw something similar (Grassmaster) on the Lambeau field a decade or more ago.
One huge benefit of the stitched fields is that it adds stability to the sand substrate. Since these fields are built on pretty much straight sand, 300+ pound bodies pushing on each other can move the sand around under the grass resulting in an uneven playing surface over time. The stitching goes deeper than roots alone and also encourages the roots to go deeper adding stability to that substrate.
I don't know anything about anything, but I noticed during the Baylor game that the cheerleaders area in the NW corner of the stadium was already worn out. As in, end of season worn out. And this was like the first half of the third home game on a new field. I didn't check other spots and I watched Kansas State from the NW hillside so I couldn't check it again.
Good info!
It would still be interesting to know what isn't going as planned, if as reported earlier, the stitching wasn't part of the original plan. Or maybe nothing was wrong, but it was just decided to add stitching.
No, he is solid, I watched the field being laid down. The jts field will be a mix.of grass.and sythetic grass.sown in next year. The Broncos field is what our field will look like.
313-150 + 184-92 + 129-58 + 38:15-21:45 = 10-7
They've installed this in several Premier League Stadiums and others in Europe like Real Madrid over the past few years. Only a matter of time before it becomes the thing here. Minnesota United FC has it.
They've installed this in several Premier League Stadiums and others in Europe like Real Madrid over the past few years. Only a matter of time before it becomes the thing here. Minnesota United FC has it.
This likely was planned from the get go, especially since the Iowa Cubs turfgrass people (Iowa Sports Turf) has been kind of spotlighting it lately and has been installing it other places as well. Iowa State's turfgrass team has a good relationship with them. Issue with laying it down is that it takes a long time (they said about two weeks). They obviously needed time to let the roots take to the substrate, and by then, they couldn't put it down because the team wanted to get as much stadium practice time in as possible. They're doing it now because it's the first big window between uses.
Ya this is the way of the future instead of complete fake turf. Also is this bet with keep lasting all season?
