JOHN MASCARO ’ S PHOTO QUIZ
ANSWER
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At this facility in Houston Texas , an outside contractor was hired to put custom logoed windscreens over the normal windscreen at the practice facility on a very hot July day . The windscreen was rolled out on the turf prior to installation for only about 30 minutes before it was hung up . Since the fabric was black , and the sun was intense , it caused the leaf tips on the fi eld to become burned . The following day , the turf in this area appeared brown . The assistant sports fi eld manager was out doing his daily soil moisture readings on the fi elds when he came upon this brown area . After inspecting the area and seeing that the damage was leaf tip injury and not disease , he backed up and looked at the area from a distance and knew what caused it . Because the windscreen contained the team logos , which were red , white and blue , these logo areas did not suffer as much leaf injury . This also left behind the team logos on the turf as less damaged areas between the brown areas . Since the damage occurred on bermudagrass in July , the leaf tip injury grew out quickly and no additional inputs were required to facilitate recovery .
Photo submitted by Jonathan Wolf , assistant sports fields and grounds manager with ASM Global / Houston Texans . Kevin Hansen is the sports fields manager .
John Mascaro is president of Turf-Tec International
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro ’ s Photo Quiz , please send a high-resolution digital photo to John Mascaro via email at john @ turf-tec . com . If your photograph is selected , you will receive full credit . All photos submitted will become property of SportsField Management magazine and the Sports Field Management Association . sportsfieldmanagementonline . com February 2025 | SportsField Management
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