Grow for the Gold
You think growing a healthy lawn is tough? Imagine growing Olympic playing fields in China! Briggs & Stratton’s Yard Doctor, Trey Rogers, PhD, a leading authority on lawns and our recent lawn forum expert, was instrumental in making the grass grow in Beijing for the upcoming Games. Trey will be sharing his impressions and experiences while attending the Olympics. Read on to see how Trey overcame the challenges of growing grass in China and learn about his experiences in Beijing! And don’t forget to watch the Games to see how lush and green Trey’s grass actually grew.
Grow for the Gold
It’s show time! In just a few more days, I’ll be heading to the Olympic Games. I’m anxious to see the grass we created for the playing fields. I’ll get there the night of August 9 (there’s a 12-hour time difference), so I won’t see the grass until the morning of August 10. It’s all located at a remote site 5 miles from the National Stadium (AKA “the Bird's Nest”) and we’re going to have to pick it up, move it and actually create the fields on my first day there.
Growing grass in Beijing is a unique challenge. Take all the weather extremes from across the U.S. and you’ve got an idea of what the weather is like in Beijing. You have the dry, cold open weather of North Dakota for a few months, then the heat and humidity of Cincinnati for a few months, followed by the rain and heat of Miami in summer. Not exactly lawn heaven. In fact, due to the hot, hot weather, the Chinese lawns you do see are often riddled with disease. All that said, the playing fields we planted for the Olympics last September should look great. They've really been well cared for. They've been fertilized every 7 to 10 days and checked for watering on a daily basis, so I’m looking forward to seeing evenly green, healthy turf. I’ll keep you posted on how the grass is growing–and on my impressions of Beijing and the Games while I’m there.
Trey Rogers, the Briggs & Stratton Yard Doctor
Check back next week to read more about Trey at the Olympics.
Read more of Trey's blog posts from China.
Grow for the Gold
It’s show time! In just a few more days, I’ll be heading to the Olympic Games. I’m anxious to see the grass we created for the playing fields. I’ll get there the night of August 9 (there’s a 12-hour time difference), so I won’t see the grass until the morning of August 10. It’s all located at a remote site 5 miles from the National Stadium (AKA “the Bird's Nest”) and we’re going to have to pick it up, move it and actually create the fields on my first day there.
Growing grass in Beijing is a unique challenge. Take all the weather extremes from across the U.S. and you’ve got an idea of what the weather is like in Beijing. You have the dry, cold open weather of North Dakota for a few months, then the heat and humidity of Cincinnati for a few months, followed by the rain and heat of Miami in summer. Not exactly lawn heaven. In fact, due to the hot, hot weather, the Chinese lawns you do see are often riddled with disease. All that said, the playing fields we planted for the Olympics last September should look great. They've really been well cared for. They've been fertilized every 7 to 10 days and checked for watering on a daily basis, so I’m looking forward to seeing evenly green, healthy turf. I’ll keep you posted on how the grass is growing–and on my impressions of Beijing and the Games while I’m there.
Trey Rogers, the Briggs & Stratton Yard Doctor
Check back next week to read more about Trey at the Olympics.
Read more of Trey's blog posts from China.
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