Warm weather conditions have helped the growing process along with regular watering so that the seedbed is constantly damp and the groundstaff's planning remains on course for its first use of 2014.
There will be no pre-season games at Selhurst Park this year as work will continue on the surface through until the first Barclays Premier League home game against West Ham on Saturday August 23rd 2014.
This summer programme of works on the pitch is in addition to the new drainage and under soil heating that has been installed already.