August 31, 2016

History of Synthetic Turf Grass Artificial synthetic turf grass gained popularity in the 60 when the Astrodome was constructed and developed by Monsanto and named Astro Turf. Astro Turf is trademarked, but not by Monsanto, There are basically 3 generations now. First generation which was short fibers with no fill. second generation which used sand infills and now third generation which uses a mixture of sand and granules of recycled rubber fills. First used in the baseball by the Houston Astrodome it replaced the grass field when the stadium was opened. The reason as there was not enough sunlight to keep the grass healthy. Players basically played on painted green dead grass. They solved this by replacing the dead grass with the artificial synthetic turf grass, Chemgrass, which is known as Astro Turf. Although there was not enough for the full field so the outfield had to remain the painted dead grass at the time until around 1966. Chicago was the first team to install synthetic turf in an outdoor […] Continue reading