JOHN MASCARO ’ S
PHOTO QUIZ
ANSWER
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The divots in this new sod are a result of COVID-19 … well , in a sense . During the COVID-19 shutdown , many parks used this downtime to do some long-delayed renovations , such as the re-sodding of worn areas at this park . In addition , as many of us know , without constant play and activities at these parks , wild animals have become more brazen and have taken over areas previously occupied by humans . The day after the sod was laid , the company owner went back to examine the sod installation job and saw all the torn-up sod . He immediately called his foreman and demanded answers for leaving the sod looking like this . When the foreman arrived at the site to see what the problem was , he insisted that it did not look like this when the crew left the day before , and that everything was laid down nicely and rolled in . After closer inspection , it was determined that raccoons had found some grubs in this newly laid sod , so they dug multiple holes and feasted overnight . The maintenance company applied insecticide and eventually was able to control the situation after several days of patching in sod .
Photo submitted by Kevin Hardy , president of Ballpark Maintenance , Inc ., Miami , Fla .
John Mascaro is president of Turf-Tec International
If you would like to submit a photograph for John Mascaro ’ s Photo Quiz , please send it to John Mascaro , 1471 Capital Circle NW , Ste # 13 , Tallahassee , FL 32303 call ( 850 ) 580-4026 or e-mail to john @ turf-tec . com . If your photograph is selected , you will receive full credit . All photos submitted will become property of SportsField Management and the Sports Turf Managers Association .
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