Grounds & Environmental Management

Believe it or not, the spring season begins March 24 aka NEXT WEEK! Our grounds crew is hard at work preparing for the upcoming season!   WAKE UP! One of the first things that need to be done is to get the fields to ‘wake up’ from their winter slumber. Like we said last turf…

How often do you dread mowing your own lawn? Now think about having to do that to almost 152 acres! That’s why our grounds crew spends TONS of time on mowing – there’s so much to mow. It is very unrealistic to mow all the fields in 1 day, but when we are in-season, our…

Downtime does not exist! Our grounds crew is constantly finding things to work on, even in the wintertime. Believe it or not, there is some field maintenance that can be done when it’s colder outside!   WORKING ON THE FIELDS The only months without regular play on our grass fields here at the Plex are…

  Turfgrass has its own extensive vocabulary, and while we aren’t going to go over EVERY term, there are a few that will be helpful to know as we discuss our turfgrass maintenance more and more! Some of these words you may have seen before and some of these practices are things you can even…

As we learned last week, we have cool and warm season grasses here at the Plex. While they can be slightly self-explanatory, let’s dive deeper into the root of the different types of grasses (Ha – roots)! THE ZONES: Turfgrass experts have split the United States into different zones: Cool-season zone, transition zone, and warm-season…

Welcome to Turf Talk – now a blog! Where all we talk about is the grass at the Maryland SoccerPlex! Let’s start at the beginning and let you know all the details about the Plex.   The Maryland SoccerPlex is located inside the South Germantown Recreational Park. We control 22 of the 24 fields, equating…