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<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=content) -->How do they create patterns in a baseball field?


"How do they create patterns in a baseball field?." 11 April 2001. HowStuffWorks.com. <HTTP: question612.htm entertainment.howstuffworks.com>07 October 2009.


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<!-- dtl_id=26508 //-->Groundskeepers at baseball parks have traditionally created checkerboard, diamond and argyle patterns in the field. These patterns have become more elaborate in recent years. Baseball fans might remember the star patterns created at Coors Field in Denver to commemorate the 1998 All-Star Game. These designs are not all that complicated and can be easily duplicated on your own lawn. The designs are created through a process called lawn striping. To create lawn-striping designs of your own, you only need two pieces of equipment: a lawnmower and a roller. Many professional groundskeepers use old-fashioned reel mowers to cut a stadium's grass. Attached just behind the blades of the mower is a lawn roller that bends the grass down. Some lawnmower manufacturers are beginning to make riding mowers with full-width rollers mounted to the rear of the mower to make this task easier.

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Lawn striping, seen here in Game 4 of the 2007 World Series at
Coors Field, is a process where designs in baseball fields are
revealed by light shining off bent grass. See more baseball pictures.​

Whatever pattern you make is revealed by the light shining off of the bent grass. A checkerboard design is created by passing over the grass in side-by-side rows, first going north to south, then making east-to-west stripes in the grass that intersect the north-south stripes. In this way, you alternate the way the grass bends. When you look at your lawn, the stripes of grass leaning away from you will look lighter. This lighter green is caused by the sunlight reflecting off the entire blade of grass. In the darker green stripes, formed by the blades of grass leaning toward you, the sunlight is reflecting only off the tips of the blades.
Different grasses can be used to accentuate the striping effect, including rye grass, fescue and bluegrass. You won't see such a big contrast between the stripes' colors if you have a warm-season grass, such as Bermuda or zoysia. Watering the grass after mowing can make your pattern stand out even more.
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[Old School]

fellas if you have healthy lawns in the fall w/any ample amount of leaves falling each and every year you need to bag once in a while..cuts down on the thatch..allows lawn to remain thick and healthy..

especially if you aerate --seed and fert each fall..seed and fert need to nestle to the ground for quick germanation...then allowing grass to grow above the normal height you would..taller grass ...especially in new seedling means the roots are taking advantage of fall temps and rooting deeper into the soil..deeper roots..healthier and greener lawn both fall and spring before summer eats the hell out of the tall fescue that you don't water properly or don't water at all..l

 

[IE]

Old School, you should open up your own lawn and garden website.....you know your shit man...

 

[vinnie]

Old School, you should open up your own lawn and garden website.....you know your shit man...

maybe you can replace the Politics and Religion forum with a Lawn and Garden forum :00hour

 

[Old School]

maybe you can replace the Politics and Religion forum with a Lawn and Garden forum :00hour

we should be so lucky..

wouldn't have Jack OR IE's job for a million dollars..

would have already told a shit load of them to hit the friggin trail..

they all need 80 hour work weeks with a pick axe and a shovel..

hard and sweaty work that creates muscle spasms and "wake you up in the middle of the night arm and leg cramps" have a way of making you see the world from all sides..not just one..

I'm thru..the shit makes me tired..

 

[Old School]

Old School, you should open up your own lawn and garden website.....you know your shit man...

thanks man..

nearly 25 years of making my home and others..."Better Homes and Garden Look"

It's the bust ass work that keeps me grounded....elimantes the just about 99% of the bullshit that people like to pass along..just because they can..

Damn ..said I was thru..:mj07:

sad part is..the other shit..aint funny

just sadder than all hell..

 

[Slink Dawg]

Toro Timecutter Z would be a good home owner version of a zero turn.

I have been using Toro Masters for the past 10 years and love them. I went from 45 minutes of cutting my own yard with a Crapsman 42 to 20 minutes on my Toro Z master 62.

 

[vinnie]