Managing Healthy Sports Fields: A Guide to Using Organic Materials for Low-Maintenance and Chemical-Free Playing Fields

The huge chemical arsenal once available to turf managers for pest, weed and disease control has slowly but surely been restricted orregulated. As a result alternative methods have had to be sought.This text aims to liberate the modern turf manager from dependencyon chemical treatments through suggestions you can adapt tospecific field types, climatic zones, and desired appearance.Author Paul Sachs offers safety for people and animals, as well aslongevity for the land, without sacrificing the quality of the turfitself.

• Written for turf managers who need to reduce or eliminatechemical pesticides and fertilisers in their turfgrass managementprocesses.
• Offers advice and practical steps to earth-conscious turfmanagers, and those who are responding to the growing chorus ofconcerns about fertilisers and pesticides.
• Covers the basics of soil fertility, composting, methods ofsoil analysis, cultural practices and pests.