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  • LouisMend
    LouisMend Posts: 5,446
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Remember visiting the old, derelict Valley once and tripping over a sign lying on the 'pitch' which read 'Keep off pitch: re-seeding in progress''. It seemed to work very well, the grass was about three foot high! Had a few weeds in it though.
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Those sprinklers don't seem to have much ooommmpphhhh
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,197
    PL54 said:

    Those sprinklers don't seem to have much ooommmpphhhh

    Don't think they need it - there are more of them then there used to be.
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 5,999
    cafcfan said:

    PL54 said:

    Those sprinklers don't seem to have much ooommmpphhhh

    Don't think they need it - there are more of them then there used to be.
    Plenty of sprinklers all over the pitch.

    I swear it's got greener throughout the day.

  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    its coming along - another 6 weeks and it should be lush !
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,007
    Have a feeling the pitch will go from one extreme to the next. Will probably be like a putting green next year, then hopefully see an upturn in results.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,818
    The oppo will pass us to death with their silky play !!!
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    Have the censors taken a dislike to CAFC?
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,497
    Grass coming through well on the Igor thread.....
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  • Yann897
    Yann897 Posts: 1,530
    @SportsPitchEng: Finishing touch with @greenfieldsport #greenfieldsmx at The Valley pitch runoffs http://t.co/oFxSuUmIAI

    Looking great can't wait to get back to the valley !
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,954
    So it's gone from sand to lush grass in 3 days ! Must have been turfed then.
  • kidbrookeaddick
    kidbrookeaddick Posts: 1,051
    is it me or from that angle does it look like the pitch is not quite as wide as before?
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,067
    Nice red seats in the north upper
  • Rufus_Ambition
    Rufus_Ambition Posts: 603
    Looks great!
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,035
    Yann897 said:

    @SportsPitchEng: Finishing touch with @greenfieldsport #greenfieldsmx at The Valley pitch runoffs http://t.co/oFxSuUmIAI

    Looking great can't wait to get back to the valley !

    Not sure who's taken Paddy's place, but was he pissed when he mowed the grass??? Look at those wobbly lines!!! ;)
  • Dansk_Red
    Dansk_Red Posts: 5,726
    edited June 2014
    kidbrookeaddick said:

    is it me or from that angle does it look like the pitch is not quite as wide as before?

    I was thinking that, the astro turf looks about 2ft wider than the old grass area. I sit in the upper west and look directly down on that area.

    I have just looked at an old video, and it appears that the red concrete area in front of the dugouts has been covered with astro turf, so i do not think the pitch has been reduced in width.
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    edited June 2014
    That definitely looks narrower. Well spotted. May just be odd looking angles.

    Edit...Actually looking at older photos it looks about right, just the run off area looks different.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Apparently Diego dropped his loyalty in the under soil so they've got to dig it all up and start again.
  • MSE7
    MSE7 Posts: 1,345
    so have we actuallt got proper undersoil heating now?
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  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    Covered End said:

    So it's gone from sand to lush grass in 3 days ! Must have been turfed then.

    Nope, seeded, took about a week to grow, pretty amazing really.

  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,141
    The astro/carpeted area looks like it's a little bumpy to me
    Where there's blame there's a claim....




  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,141
    edited June 2014
    *duplicated post



  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,422
    oohaahmortimer said:

    The astro/carpeted area looks like it's a little bumpy to me
    Where there's blame there's a claim....




    Spoken like an experienced Sunday morning Lino.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,192
    Andy Curtis
    @amcurtis1
    Proud Dad to a borough, county, and regional swimmer. Head of Facilities & Operations at Charlton Athletic FC. Life long Millwall supporter.

    hummmm
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,068
    Proper Charlton
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,735
    Henry Irving said:

    Andy Curtis
    @amcurtis1
    Proud Dad to a borough, county, and regional swimmer. Head of Facilities & Operations at Charlton Athletic FC. Life long Millwall supporter.

    hummmm

    Wondered how long it would take for that tidbit to come to light !

    I outed Andy at the last FF mtg but was sworn to silence ....

    :-)

  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,308
    Henry Irving said:

    Andy Curtis
    @amcurtis1
    Proud Dad to a borough, county, and regional swimmer. Head of Facilities & Operations at Charlton Athletic FC. Life long Millwall supporter.

    hummmm

    A show off Millwall supporter... the worst kind
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,954
    edited June 2014
    Redrobo said:

    Seed will definitely give you a better pitch. There is time as seed takes between 7 and 14 days to germinate - depending on the quality of seed. The hard wearing type is the quickest (Rye grass). I think we would be putting something slightly better down.

    It will then take 4 weeks or so before the first mow. It will still be fragile until the roots establish. After 4 to 12 months it will be ready to play football on and by then we may even have some players.

    I suspect we are going for the part plastic pitch means that the roots are protected so the grass attaches to the plastic fibres and you can play much quicker. The plastic fibers are injected about 20cm into the ground and cover about 3% of the pitch and are said to give better wear and recovery + a more comfotable playing surface. With this system you can be playing on it after as little as 3 months.

    The good news is that for those who choose to afford it- it can be grown off site and will be ready in days.

    I'm still struggling with this Redrobo. That pitch looks pretty grassy after a few days. If we don't mow it for 4 weeks, it might look like the pitch, after we left for Sellout. In fact it's already been mown !

    I'm still confident we'll be able to play on it before mid September :-)
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    Greenfields UK ‏@greenfieldsport Jun 22
    @CAFCofficial the new grass is growing after only 5 days since seeding great step forward pic.twitter.com/3yOyKClJHF

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