Pitch condition - do we still use the uv lamps to accelerate grass growth?

[CoplandRoad]

I was in the club deck for the game against the sheep shaggers on 1 February and the pitch was already looking bare, especially around the centre circle.
Whilst the weather has been terrible, surely the lamps would still promote reasonable growth.
Got the Chelsea man u game on just now and the pitch looks immaculate.
Any horticultural experts know what's going on with our pitch?

 

[Prestwick_ Bear]

FFS!!

 

[QueensferryCR3Bear]

I believe we have a hybrid pitch installed last summer. The drookit weather has taken its toll. We've definitely got the lamps.

 

[Plantation pioneer]

Yes we do. They were on a few Fridays ago at night

 

[unionjock2]

Yes we do, they were on a couple of Sundays back when I done the Founders Trail

 

[Burgh Loyal]

They were on earlier, could see the glow from the expressway

 

[insanicdrunk]

Yes we do, they are on now, my mate has posted a pic from Ibrox.

 

[Prestwick_ Bear]

We don't have a full hybrid pitch.

 

[Papatango]

Slightly OT but any time I’m on the M74/M6 I see these lights on the back of. Low loader usually heading south.
Can anyone tell me who other than football clubs use them & where they might be headed?

 

[Crispy Bacon]

I believe we have a hybrid pitch installed last summer. The drookit weather has taken its toll. We've definitely got the lamps.

We did not have a hybrid installed. The goalmouths got done. The hybrid is for next season. They have it at HTC.

 

[Bar72loyal]

maybe the ground mans has taken the UV lights to grown his home weed plants.

 

[Didgeridoo]

Can I borrow them for my back garden? The moss is something terrible.

 

[Woodrow Call]

I believe we have a hybrid pitch installed last summer. The drookit weather has taken its toll. We've definitely got the lamps.

You think England's been bone dry all winter.

The place is phuckin flooded top to bottom.

Yet every premier league pitch is like a bowling green.

 

[Tugay83]

You can see what looks like big imprints from the lights on the pitch surface at one side of the centre circle

 

[Teddy bear]

You can see the orange glow from the lamps every night from Patrick.
Unbelievable how bad the pitch has.
Thought the break between boxing day and the 1st game back in january would have sorted it.

 

[Randomscotsman]

We need to get some of the local home grow enthusiasts round to help out.

 

[Wilkinsvolley]

Electricity isn’t cheap and the church unplugged the extension.

 

[Wilkinsvolley]

Slightly OT but any time I’m on the M74/M6 I see these lights on the back of. Low loader usually heading south.
Can anyone tell me who other than football clubs use them & where they might be headed?

Cricket clubs probably.

 

[radiotab]

Thirty minutes after every game you will see them moved from the car park behind the stand to the pitch

 

[Gio#56]

hopefully works in our favour on Thursday. Portugese pitches are like bowling greens.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Probably using lighting with added blue spectrum like the son-t agro I would imagine to imitate daylight slightly I wonder how many gram per watt they are getting.

 

[Gazza no8]

Since we've came back we've had 6 games on the park, that's bound to take its toll with the crap weather. In contrast Celtic have played 2 on theirs.

 

[Sutton_Blows_goats]

I believe we have a hybrid pitch installed last summer. The drookit weather has taken its toll. We've definitely got the lamps.

I'd imagine its a bit of a learning process here for our ground staff too.

 

[Chuck Marstein]

My understanding that the ratio of synthetic ‘fibres’ to natural grass on hybrid pitches is tiny. Something like 1%. I’m sure that the case at Murrayfield anyway.

 

[Mustang mad]

I was in Ibrox last night, the pitch looks a right state, would not surprise me if the game on thursday is off- if the rain doesnt let up.

 

[Syme]

You can see the orange glow from the lamps every night from Patrick.
Unbelievable how bad the pitch has.
Thought the break between boxing day and the 1st game back in january would have sorted it.

Wee Greta will be doing her but if she sees this..

 

[sg9375]

Hopefully we can capitalise on the conditions v Braga and take a 4 goal lead to their bowling green pitch!!