Kolosha A. deputy director of the Lobanovskiy stadium “Dymano”, Kyiv25.06.2008  “…Ukrainian championship is held according to a system spring-autumn and all important games take place exactly in this period. The main task for agronomists is to prolong the term of vegetation and to keep football pitch in compliance with demands. Along with decreasing daylight hours the vegetation of grass is slowing down… I came to a conclusion that to maintain the pitch in a good condition a complex of actions is needed: -artificial heating; -special liquids recommended by microbiologists; - grass protection from cold Different covers are used for protection, they have not only to protect the grass from cold, but also allow the pitch to transmit air, let sunlight and moisture (rain and snow) go through. For this we use covers of the “Domen-Agro”, which meet all these demands. However, taking into account that the cover makes so-called “greenhouse-effect”, it should be used carefully, the pitch should be ventilated from time to time and worked up with fungicides (from fungi). The cover gives a great effect at autumn-, winter- and early springtime. This spring we prepared our pitch with a very good quality exactly owing to this cover. The important thing is that the cover allows to essentially save up electric power when heating the pitch, and it’s a lot of money… We would like to have a cover with less density 50-60 g/m2, but that would severely reduce its durability. That’s why I consider the density 80g/m2 to be optimal...”
Kolosha A. deputy director of the Lobanovskiy stadium “Dymano”, Kyiv
|