Growing your own green

NimbleNeil

NimbleNeil

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Hi guys,

I have a patch of grass in my garden about 10 x 10 feet that serves no purpose and am thinking of turning it into a DIY practice green.
Could you guys offer some advice on which species of grass is the most simple to maintain and how to go about growing it?
I've seen companies charging 7k to put layers of rock below the surface and using goretex linings, is all of that necessary?

thanks,
Neil
 
By all accounts it is a very tricky thing to do and the on going maintenance is tough. I thought about it once, but bought a indoor mat instead for a tenner.
 
do it with artificial grass, 10ftx10ft with decent all weather putting green should be about 500ish quid if you DIY.
 
'Forget it' is the best advice I can give.

Otherwise you'll have to mow it every morning and do exactly the same sort of thatch and subsoil work that Greenies do. And that is after you prepare it, with proper drainage and seeding with the right types of grasses for your particular soil. all far too much hassle!

A synthetic green might be an alternative, but still a lot of work and cost for something that isn't quite real!
 
I sent for a load of samples from this website www.grass247.co.uk and the one I'd go for is 'Ryder pro' at £19.99 per square metre. Its available in 4m widths so you could do yours without a join.

Its on my 'to do' list for the spring.
 
There are loads of common land courses that are allowed to do next to zero maintenance and the greens still stay decent enough.

Try contacting a greenkeeper at one for advice on soil/ grass type.

Stinchcombe, Cleeve & Painswick are 3 close to me which all have decent enough greens with zero "interference"
 
Thanks for the responses guys.
All I'm after is an area of short grass that I can do some practice on , so it doesn't have to be perfect.

I guess what i really want to know is could I get away with simply planting an area with the correct species of grass?
 
I apologise for this response in advance but...

:rofl: if you have to ask advice on this from this forum, then you have about as much chance succeeding as I do winning The Open.
 
Robobum said:
There are loads of common land courses that are allowed to do next to zero maintenance and the greens still stay decent enough.

Try contacting a greenkeeper at one for advice on soil/ grass type.

Stinchcombe, Cleeve & Painswick are 3 close to me which all have decent enough greens with zero "interference"
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You may think that, but I bet they do more maintenance than you think if they have decent greens. A lot of courses will use outside agencies to come In and do the treatments and major maintenance. That just leaves then with the routine jobs of spraying and cutting.

Like most golfers we have all dreamt about doing things like this. When I was a kid me and my dad had the same bright ideas. We spoke to our green keeper for some advice and his reaction was a little chuckle and asking if we realised how many years it took him to learn the art of green keeping.

Go go online because there are artificial grass companies that will come and put in a top quality artificial green for you that will last for years with on maintenance, that is what I would do. If you have ever tried one of these artificial greens you would know they feel like the real thing and always run smooth and true.
 
NimbleNeil said:
Thanks for the responses guys.
All I'm after is an area of short grass that I can do some practice on , so it doesn't have to be perfect.

I guess what i really want to know is could I get away with simply planting an area with the correct species of grass?
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There's virtually no point creating a half-way style - worse than useless imo. Try putting on fringe areas, or fairway, to see the sort of surface you are likely to create otherwise. And you'll need to have a very good mower, maintained to a high standard - sharpened often - if it's going to be anything like successful. Better to practice on carpet (landing for example) or put down synthetic grass if you are not going to make a 'proper' one! Then the secret is to keep grass out of it!

Plenty of suppliers of seed for Greens though. T'internet is your friend.
 
MadAdey said:
You may think that, but I bet they do more maintenance than you think if they have decent greens. A lot of courses will use outside agencies to come In and do the treatments and major maintenance. That just leaves then with the routine jobs of spraying and cutting.

Like most golfers we have all dreamt about doing things like this. When I was a kid me and my dad had the same bright ideas. We spoke to our green keeper for some advice and his reaction was a little chuckle and asking if we realised how many years it took him to learn the art of green keeping.

Go go online because there are artificial grass companies that will come and put in a top quality artificial green for you that will last for years with on maintenance, that is what I would do. If you have ever tried one of these artificial greens you would know they feel like the real thing and always run smooth and true.
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No spraying. No irrigation. No fancy machines. No contractors.

Nature and a mower............and some wire to keep the grazing cattle off.
 
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