What are the maintenance requirements of synthetic turf fields?
There are minor maintenance requirements associated with synthetic turf fields. It was not that long ago that everyone thought there was no maintenance necessary; however, that is not the case. Proper care and maintenance will maximize the life and quality of play of your turf field. You will experience annual savings in maintenance costs of synthetic turf fields vs. natural grass fields. And yes, you will say goodbye to mowing, watering, weeding, reseeding, aerating, fertilizing, and painting. Although some maintenance will continue to be necessary, the laborious weekly tasks of field maintenance are gone forever. Synthetic turf fields need to be groomed with a turf grooming brush at intervals of about 10 days to 2 weeks. This process stands up the pile and levels out the infill. With no brushing, the yarn material lies down on top of the infill and wears against it causing a premature degradation of the field. With sand infill the field could age more quickly than with rubber. There
