Grass Maintenance Sample Clauses

Grass Maintenance. 1. Any areas of grass failure shall be re–cultivated, fertilised and seeded. 2. The Contractor shall undertake the following operations during the establishment period: a. Grass cutting b. Herbicide treatment (provisional) c. Fertilising d. Rolling 3. Grass cutting shall be carried out when ground and weather conditions are favourable. 4. Prior to any cutting operation, all stones or other harmful material from whatever source which may damage grass cutting plant or create a possible hazard to persons or property shall be removed off Site. All litter from grass cutting areas shall be removed off-site prior to grass cutting. 5. The deployment and use of grass cutting equipment mounted on or otherwise attached to tractors shall comply in all respects with the recommendations of the tractor and cutting equipment manufacturers. All dedicated grass–cutting machines shall have an effective silencer of the type originally fitted on manufacture. 6. The grass cutting operation shall include cutting around all obstacles such as trees, posts and signs. Strimmers may be used where appropriate. Areas around obstacles shall be cut to the same height as specified for the surrounding grassed areas. No cutting shall be carried out within the 300– 500mm distance from individual plants, species dependant.