Bletchley Turf Co Ltd
The best turf on earth


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Bletchley Turf

Did you know?

Above ground.....

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Grass plants are 70-80% water

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Grass clippings are 90% water

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Grass clippings contain 4% nitrogen, 2% potassium and 0.5% phosphorous

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A 10, 000 square foot lawn will contain 6 grass plants per square inch, 850 plants per foot and 8.5m plants total.


Below ground.....

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90% of the weight of grass is in its roots

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A single grass plant has 387 miles of root

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There are 329, 000 miles of root per square foot

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3 billion miles of roots in a 10, 000 square foot lawn

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Turf is a superior form of erosion control, with test documenting


- A dense lawn is 6 times more effective than a wheat field and 4 times better than a hayfield at absorbing rainfall.
- Sediment losses from turfed areas will be 8-15 times less than for man-made erosion control materials and 10 times less than for a straw covered area.
Runoff from a turfed area will take 28-46 times longer than for five popular erosion control materials.

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