The Scent of Tenerife Grass

For the first time this season, curiously, this report informs us, Tenerife football team, CD Tenerife's home ground at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium is to have grass on the pitch that has the scent of the island.

The grass has been getting a complete transplant, between July 16th and 25th, with turf cultivated specially in Tenerife. The seeds were sewn in February in the districts of Geneto in La Laguna and in Tegueste.

Eight months later, the mature grass, cut into 8 meter strips, was transported to Santa Cruz and the puzzle put back together again.

For geeks who like figures, or if you're thinking of replanting a soccer pitch any time soon, you may like to know that during the process:

• Hardisson Jardinería used 1,400 turfs of 8 meters in length and 70 centimetres wide. (A football pitch measures, approximately, 105 x 70 meters and they need extra for the bits round the sides and ends.)
• The transfer from Geneto and Tegueste was made in a lorry with capacity for 14 rolls of turf; 7 pallets holding two turfs each.
• They made 100 journeys.
• At least 7 technicians were commissioned at the stadium to place the lawn (we'll resist suggesting that it was one to work and 6 to watch.)

The new pitch will be ready to play on in 2 weeks.

All that's left, they say, is for Tenerife to get promoted to the Primera! Let's hope the new scent of Tenerife grass works like aromatherapy then. :)

Source and more images: Césped con olor a Tenerife

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