Green Grass

I was at Souk Sharq when I noticed their beautiful grass. It looked perfect all nice and green on a very hot sunny day. But sadly, on closer inspection it turned out the grass was fake, a really good fake. I couldn’t believe it wasn’t real until I pulled up the grass from one of the edges to reveal its carpet like application.

Jun 29, 2009

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1. frankom | June 29th, 2009 at 11:49 pm

we used to play football on the same quality of this grass
2. Mark | June 29th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

it looked very real, even had dirt on it.
3. VOne-RRR | June 29th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

atleast it looks nice…. !!
4. KTDP | June 30th, 2009 at 12:29 am

good. We’re learning from our mistakes. After 40 years of planting grass and watching it burn we’ve finally learnt that the fake stuff is best in this environment.
5. Explorer | June 30th, 2009 at 12:54 am

Yeah man, that grass fooled me as well :p
6. Mohammed | June 30th, 2009 at 1:12 am

Now everywhere you go you’ll see this fake grass, while I was driving in Rouwda I saw them removing the real grass and replace fake one.

It’s good to see our Kuwait going green !
7. Sn3a | June 30th, 2009 at 1:15 am

i prefer burned real grass
8. 3azeez | June 30th, 2009 at 1:30 am

and its really nice when spraying water on it in the afternoon… a friend of mine has it in their house, thinking about putting it here instead of our real barely-grown grass!
9. shahad | June 30th, 2009 at 1:36 am

wala thats good oo ewafer il may;p and looks better than real
10. ohyeah | June 30th, 2009 at 2:11 am

so we can pull it!!….ahaaaaaaa…….lol….
11. mun | June 30th, 2009 at 2:19 am

dont play soccer on this grass with the lapcheen shoes or what ever you call those shoes with the spikes, the traction is very strong that when my brother was playing on it and tried to turn quickly his whole body turned except from his knee down… a couple of hours later he woke up high from the anesthesia after his operation where they had to put a couple of nails in his leg the keep the bone in place so it can heal…
just advising you not too…
12. J | June 30th, 2009 at 3:05 am

Sometimes they use small black pellets in them to help traction and ‘filter’ it i believe, but yeah, also dont go for sliding tackles on it, you can get one real nasty rug burn
13. Holla | June 30th, 2009 at 3:19 am

This is quite pathetic actually.
14. N | June 30th, 2009 at 3:23 am

Well, most of the private football fields use the same artificial grass here for a while now. It’s good to see it spreading beyond the fields, it’s expensive but doesn’t need that much maintenance.
15. Mr.pedro | June 30th, 2009 at 3:42 am

Great looks like Golf Green land Love it
16. kadavul | June 30th, 2009 at 8:46 am

Good to see.
17. Rashisha | June 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am

They should Put fake grass in a lot more places
18. HeartBeat | June 30th, 2009 at 9:51 am

No Nature Positive Energy!
Concrete and fake plants city!
it is Pathetic!
19. Sameer Ahmed | June 30th, 2009 at 10:06 am

Hey Guys,

FYI.

A Company called “United Sports Company” has done the Fake grass job in Sharq. They have been using these sort of the grass in almost all their projects. They do a good job: Installation as well as after sale services.
If any one is interested here is the contact:
Ahmed Hassan
Sales & Marketing Manager
65999602
Email: ahmed.hassan@almouttahida.com
20. 3baid | June 30th, 2009 at 10:09 am

That’s been there for over a year now :/
21. VirusX | June 30th, 2009 at 11:14 am

If this grass was in Hawally City i bet it may stand a (24 hours) without stealing it and making it a doormats.. lol
22. Bu Yousef | June 30th, 2009 at 11:18 am

It’s horrible! I’ve seen it in Mishref too. The ‘dirt’ is to keep it standing upright. I prefer the real stuff.
23. Mark | June 30th, 2009 at 11:25 am

I prefer real grass also but I guess if I had to choose between fake grass and sand I would go with fake grass.
24. Desert Girl | June 30th, 2009 at 11:31 am

You can see the seams!
25. Ansam | June 30th, 2009 at 11:56 am

Its from Abyat! I have seen it… its so soft and feels like real grass and is about KD12-13 per sq meter! We have it in one place at home!

They are also putting some of it in Rawda (a KD 40K tender to make Rawda area greener)
26. Ozy | June 30th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

weve got real grass in ahmadi that looks tip-top.
27. asd | June 30th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

Well its good,in the desert you need not spend money to water them.This way you can conserve water !
28. Marzouq | July 1st, 2009 at 12:07 am

It all depends where you get it from, there are different manufacturers..

I honestly think that its better for overall look and feel of the side of the roads, some areas might benefit from real ones but for overall maintenance costs these are better!
29. ahmed | July 1st, 2009 at 11:13 am

It is especially designed and made for areas where natural grass is difficult to grow or where upkeep is impractical – due to water restrictions

this grass is FieldTurf Grass

it looks like grass.. feels like grass.. plays like grass..
30. Desert Girl | July 1st, 2009 at 4:03 pm

I bought some for my dog to poo on. She loves it.
31. Ahmed ElDroan | July 1st, 2009 at 11:03 pm

fake grass or sand? ill take fake grass thank you!!
32. Da MaAaN | July 2nd, 2009 at 9:52 am

WOW..! this is very nice. I have so much problems with natural grass becuase of this God for saking weather..!!

NICE NICE NICE it even feels like Grass..!!! I am gona check this guy out..! Ahmed Hassan Sales & Marketing Manager
65999602
33. Ahmed ElDroan | July 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 pm

i seen some fake grass in poilitical headquarters like aseel al awadhi and it looks real and good also
34. PeevishGuy | July 2nd, 2009 at 1:35 pm

LOL!
35. lensman | July 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pm

It is pathetic…
36. abdullah | July 12th, 2009 at 7:04 am

Does it produce oxygen? Nope. People say its nice and then complain about dust storms. WE NEED MORE REAL PLANTS!
37. nora | July 19th, 2009 at 2:50 pm

Hi guys,

There is so many kinds for grass in Kuwat we got the best from the largest turf company inspor, The once are comon in Rawdha and engs fields and eslah and abyat are from a company called INSPOR they use Italian made amazing Turf looks like real you can chek there work and site by :

http://www.inspor.com
Or call Amjad at 97133445

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