Any one done DIY Tennis Court in your backyard?

sujsuj

Section62 said:

sujsuj said:

Still scope for improvement but really happy with results as you can see in the pics. real difference with the other side which I am going to improve now. Comparing with old pics its great improvements

If you are aiming for a playable surface you'll also need to do some scarifying, aeration and then invest in a heavy cylinder mower....
https://www.atco.co.uk/roller-lawnmowers/cylinder-mower.html

Don't start using the cylinder mower until you've removed the rough stuff and de-stoned the whole area.

A rotary mower will always leave a spongy surface with very little 'bounce'.

I already done 1 pass scarifying with my flymo. I have seen people doing 3 pass and all for healthy lawn. I did some over seeding at well at that time. May be I will repeat the same closer to second half of summer. I recently done scarifying another plot of lawn. Waiting to see results.

sujsuj

Woolsery said:

If you didn't kill off everything to start with there will be native grasses in there which may continually outgrow the stuff you seeded with. Even when a lawn is created from grass and weed-free soil, it only takes about 5 years before it's significantly invaded by couch, annual meadow grass, buttercup etc, so I imagine pro tennis courts are re-surfaced quite frequently with turf.

It may not matter too much if all you want is a decent surface for casual games. I find my regularly mown grass areas are acceptably level and only need occasional intervention at the end of summer where something really vigorous takes hold

I am only looking for a decent surface not Pro court. I know its going to be continuous struggle and hopefully continuous improvement

Eldi_Dos

I am not a fan of leaf blowers myself but have seen greenkeepers use them to scarify after treatment had been used to kill moss, seemed quite a efficient way to do the job.

DB1904

sujsuj said:

Section62 said:

sujsuj said:

Still scope for improvement but really happy with results as you can see in the pics. real difference with the other side which I am going to improve now. Comparing with old pics its great improvements

If you are aiming for a playable surface you'll also need to do some scarifying, aeration and then invest in a heavy cylinder mower....
https://www.atco.co.uk/roller-lawnmowers/cylinder-mower.html

Don't start using the cylinder mower until you've removed the rough stuff and de-stoned the whole area.

A rotary mower will always leave a spongy surface with very little 'bounce'.

I already done 1 pass scarifying with my flymo. I have seen people doing 3 pass and all for healthy lawn. I did some over seeding at well at that time. May be I will repeat the same closer to second half of summer. I recently done scarifying another plot of lawn. Waiting to see results.

If that's got spring tines in then all you've done is raked not scarified. 

DB1904

Eldi_Dos said:

I am not a fan of leaf blowers myself but have seen greenkeepers use them to scarify after treatment had been used to kill moss, seemed quite a efficient way to do the job.

You haven't you've seen them use a leak blower to clean up after scarifying. 

Eldi_Dos

DB1904 said:

Eldi_Dos said:

I am not a fan of leaf blowers myself but have seen greenkeepers use them to scarify after treatment had been used to kill moss, seemed quite a efficient way to do the job.

You haven't you've seen them use a leak blower to clean up after scarifying. 

Not on the greens I have seen it used on, less disturbance to the playing surface, mostly moss removal.

Section62

Eldi_Dos said:

DB1904 said:

Eldi_Dos said:

I am not a fan of leaf blowers myself but have seen greenkeepers use them to scarify after treatment had been used to kill moss, seemed quite a efficient way to do the job.

You haven't you've seen them use a leak blower to clean up after scarifying. 

Not on the greens I have seen it used on, less disturbance to the playing surface, mostly moss removal.

The whole purpose of scarification is to disturb the surface to remove the thatch (not just the moss).

The OP's lawn appears to be full of thatch, to turn it into a tennis court will require very thorough scarification, which moss killer and a leaf blower aren't going to achieve.

Eldi_Dos

None of which alters the fact I have seen greenkeepers scarifying with a leafblower, I know lawn keeping is a subject that is going to have a myriad of views so I am bailing out now.

DB1904

Eldi_Dos said:

None of which alters the fact I have seen greenkeepers scarifying with a leafblower, I know lawn keeping is a subject that is going to have a myriad of views so I am bailing out now.

Thinking you saw it doesn't make it right. 

ashe

Agree a leaf blower could not scarify a lawn.