Launch of our Total Turf Aeration System
January 06, 2010
"In 1987, for the first time in their lives [the greens], I put the Vertidrain through the greens this was after the October hurricane. I used 1” tines at full depth (14”) and the soil just smeared, there was no chance to ‘shatter and fracture’ to create some structure."
Golf Consultant, Kevin Munt was the course manager at the Wentworth Club in the late 1980s and is describing on his blog, the challenge of breaking through a deep pan layer on the greens on the famous West 'Burma Road' Course - these conditions existed for him, those who preceded him and those who subsequently took over until present day.
Today, using our technology, any putting green, football pitch, bowling rink or indeed any natural grass playing surface, can benefit from treatment at depths that conventional specialist equipment cannot achieve.
We're please to announce the launch of our Total Turf Aeration System for the Harrogate Show. The system further assists turf care professionals with the treatment of the underlying causes of serious turf structure issues.
We can extract a series of one-metre deep soil core samples to determine the underlying soil structure and pin-point the reasons for occurrence of compaction and drainage problems.
Once armed with this knowledge, greenkeepers and groundsmen can then decide whether to use our Deep Drill or aerate using a Airforce Terralift machine; de-compacting to a depth of one metre.
Our Deep Drill physically removes ten inches of soil to the surface with 60 tungsten tipped drills on the drill bed, located at five inch spacings. The removed soil can be drag matted (as a top dressing) or removed and re-cycled. The treatment encourages root growth and a healthy sward which in turn saves the turf manager money on fertiliser and pesticides.
Airforce Terralift machines break up compaction panning to a depth of one metre by injecting compressed air from 10 to 20 bar, with minimal disruption to the surface.
The process dispels anaerobic conditions and black layer, promotes gaseous exchange and opens the soil to allow natural drainage or water filtration to existing drainage systems.
Both treatments are suitable for fine and amenity turf.
As ever, Terrain Aeration offers a 15% discount for all orders taken the Harrogate Show week.
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