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Post by auntiegeorge on May 24, 2016 10:16:30 GMT
Pitch time lapse - week 1
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 10:42:36 GMT
Fair few tea breaks I noticed in that  |
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Post by StokieMatt on May 24, 2016 10:43:27 GMT
Ripped the grass up but you could still see the lines?
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Post by trigger on May 24, 2016 10:55:32 GMT
Why don't they work at night there's floodlights, no excuse whatsoever.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 24, 2016 11:02:49 GMT
Must be quite nerve-wracking when they start ripping the pitch up. As they have to sow the new pitch from seed, they must be terrified that there are going to be monsoon conditions lasting until August. I remember getting worried when I once sowed quite a small lawn, I'd have been terrified if I had to sow an acre and hope it was fit enough to play on by mid August!  |
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Post by thepirehillpoet on May 24, 2016 11:07:56 GMT
Must be quite nerve-wracking when they start ripping the pitch up. As they have to sow the new pitch from seed, they must be terrified that there are going to be monsoon conditions lasting until August. I remember getting worried when I once sowed quite a small lawn, I'd have been terrified if I had to sow an acre and hope it was fit enough to play on by mid August! Blimey mate play some mood music, oh! and stay away from Coffee. |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 24, 2016 11:23:35 GMT
Must be quite nerve-wracking when they start ripping the pitch up. As they have to sow the new pitch from seed, they must be terrified that there are going to be monsoon conditions lasting until August. I remember getting worried when I once sowed quite a small lawn, I'd have been terrified if I had to sow an acre and hope it was fit enough to play on by mid August! Blimey mate play some mood music, oh! and stay away from Coffee. At my age it is only the coffee which keeps me going! |
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Post by chuffedstokie on May 24, 2016 11:27:55 GMT
That's a lot of under floor heating to go down. Bit dearer than your average semi.
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Post by scfc25 on May 24, 2016 12:08:23 GMT
Must be quite nerve-wracking when they start ripping the pitch up. As they have to sow the new pitch from seed, they must be terrified that there are going to be monsoon conditions lasting until August. I remember getting worried when I once sowed quite a small lawn, I'd have been terrified if I had to sow an acre and hope it was fit enough to play on by mid August! True, but i imagine all the high powered lamps they have helps the seed grow pretty fast, ive driven past a few times in the winter and they have the orange lamps covering the pitch some nights |
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 24, 2016 12:20:40 GMT
Must be quite nerve-wracking when they start ripping the pitch up. As they have to sow the new pitch from seed, they must be terrified that there are going to be monsoon conditions lasting until August. I remember getting worried when I once sowed quite a small lawn, I'd have been terrified if I had to sow an acre and hope it was fit enough to play on by mid August! True, but i imagine all the high powered lamps they have helps the seed grow pretty fast, ive driven past a few times in the winter and they have the orange lamps covering the pitch some nights Oh yes, light is not a problem - it never was a problem when I sowed my lawn from seed. But too much rain and too many rainy days, do make seed sown lawns/pitches problematic. I presume they will be satisfied there is a decent medium term forecast whilst the seed germinates. If that turns out to be wrong and too much seed gets washed away then, presumably, they would have to go for a turfed pitch which would not, of course, be the hybrid of grass and plastic which they are currently working to produce. |
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Post by canadianmoose on May 24, 2016 12:22:08 GMT
Lol, they don't plant seed for this kind of thing. Seeing as we are getting a mix of real and synthetic there will be huge rolls of turf that will be brought in and laid by machine. There are lots of videos on YouTube showing how stadium turf is laid.
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Post by Lakeland Potter on May 24, 2016 12:31:03 GMT
Lol, they don't plant seed for this kind of thing. Seeing as we are getting a mix of real and synthetic there will be huge rolls of turf that will be brought in and laid by machine. There are lots of videos on YouTube showing how stadium turf is laid. We've always sowed the pitch "in situ" since we moved to the Brit and I know that the system we are using from now on injects the artificial strands into sand in which the grass seed is germinated. I've seen a graphic illustrating the method. What wasn't made clear was whether the hybrid turf was created "in situ" as we have done before - or created off site and then moved (as turf) on site. Both systems seem to be in use for hybrid pitches. Time will tell - it looks as if they are going to produce weekly time lapse videos of the process of creating the pitch. |
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Post by nicholasjalcock on May 24, 2016 12:45:18 GMT
Watching grass grow..the new, alternative to watching paint dry?
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Post by Silkystoke on May 24, 2016 12:58:42 GMT
I see they ain't filled in the corner yet..!!
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 13:03:24 GMT
Most entertainment that pitch has seen since May last year!
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Post by kentpotter on May 24, 2016 13:25:00 GMT
Is the strange manoeuvre around the centre spot something to do with Sir Stan's ashes?
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Post by futch on May 24, 2016 13:35:57 GMT
Every time I seed my lawn, the fucking pigeons come and polish the lot of it off before it grows....Lets hope they don't have the same issue!
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Post by StoKeith on May 24, 2016 13:51:25 GMT
Are we going to see the white seats making up "Britannia" get rejigged into Bet365 during one of these timelapse videos?
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Post by rawli on May 24, 2016 14:43:02 GMT
Last time I seeded my lawn the neighbours complained.
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Post by harryburrows on May 24, 2016 14:50:56 GMT
Fair few tea breaks I noticed in that Yes Mary was just about to say the same , Romanian slackers |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 15:04:32 GMT
Fair few tea breaks I noticed in that Yes Mary was just about to say the same , Romanian slackers Send the buggers back I say |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 15:13:17 GMT
looked like they were putting another layer on at the end?.....thought they were putting new underground heating in?
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Post by Alfonso on May 24, 2016 15:41:37 GMT
According to one of the ground staff down Stoke pitch will be laid 3 weeks before the season starts and it only takes 10 days to mature so plenty of time yet.
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Post by lordherefordsknob on May 24, 2016 16:36:29 GMT
Been past the away end today, seems more sand back of there than on Blackpool beach.
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Post by alster on May 24, 2016 17:25:39 GMT
Did the pitch really need relaying it looked almost perfect to me vs WHU ?
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Post by Pugsley on May 24, 2016 17:27:38 GMT
Did the pitch really need relaying it looked almost perfect to me vs WHU ? Different technology. Training ground to have the exact same surface as well. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 17:31:37 GMT
Fair few tea breaks I noticed in that Fuck me and 3hr days too I could clear that in a day  |
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Post by alster on May 24, 2016 17:33:46 GMT
Did the pitch really need relaying it looked almost perfect to me vs WHU ? Different technology. Training ground to have the exact same surface as well. Will they still over water it so players slip over? |
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Post by Pugsley on May 24, 2016 17:42:56 GMT
Different technology. Training ground to have the exact same surface as well. Will they still over water it so players slip over? Without doubt. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2016 17:49:56 GMT
Jaysus. It's just a bit o' grass! Interwoven. Artificial. Fine fescues. Light lamps. Just chuck some old rye seeds down and get a couple of old goats!  |
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