how are patterns made in the grass of football fields?

Question

I’ve always wondered how field maintainers manage to get perfect patterns in the turf of football pitches… do they do that by sowing, mowing, fertilizing,…?

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Answer 1

By having the lawnmower run in different directions. I know eli5 requires like a paragraph of explanation for most answers, but for your question it’s really as simple as that. If you have your own lawn you can try it yourself. For example, try mowing north-south one time and then mow east-west the next time.