Bletchley Turf Co Ltd

Did you know?

Above ground.....

·	Grass plants are 70-80% water

·	Grass clippings are 90% water

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

·	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.....

·	90% of the weight of grass is in its roots

·	A single grass plant has 387 miles of root

·	There are 329, 000 miles of root per square foot

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

·	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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