Wpływ podłoża glebowego na stan murawy boiska sportowego

Condition of sward of a football green had benn tested during the first year of its utilization. The football field was built on a clay soil, whose top layer of 1 to 5 cm contained peat-mineral material. The large content of floatable parts in the soil caused the fonnation of stagnant water pools during rain, and surface cracks at drought spells. The conditions for grass growth differed also due to irregularly distributed peat-mineral materiał. These features of the soil have caused uneaven distribution of plants on the football field. The turf cover varied between 52,7 to 86,4%. The depth of roots was also various, and it depended on the thickness of the peat-mineral layer. The large compactness of the ground, lack of proper filtration (despite installed drainage system), and in addition the irregularly distributed material of the upper soil layer was the cause that the green did not rneet the quality required of sports grounds surface.