That year, the Astrodome became the first major field to be fitted
with fake turf. But most
likely it started with the introduction artificial turf to the general public
in 1966, it is unclear when the change in meaning occurred. Since then artificial grass has become a mainstay in the
sports, gardening, home remodeling industries and furthermore has
taken on the meaning it has nowadays and, landscaping.
"Botanists restrict the term 'grass'
to the natural order Graminea; but
common observers, and even agricultural writers, and such grasses suitable as require cultivation, as well also as to timothy, apply the
term 'artificial grass' to clovers
and lucern, according to the journal, in this country, restricting the term 'natural grass' to such grasses proper as
naturally take possession without synthetic seeding".
When it had a various meaning, in
fact, the phrase "artificial grass" goes all the way back to the 18thcentury, according to a simple Google
Search. When one thinks of synthetic turf, the image that comes to
mind is that of a lush, verdant yard with plastic fibers or an synthetic grass
soccer field at their local park. But that hasn't always been the case. According to a monthly
journal first published in 1861 called Evans's
Rural Economist, fake turf was any grass which required an art to
grow (or any grass which required a "green thumb"), back then.
Or cultivation at all -- because synthetic
grass doesn't grow!, art, artificial turf refers to a synthetic turf surface which
doesn't require a green thumb, on the contrary. This definition is very different than the meaning of today
Today,.
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