“Germination was rapid despite the severe drought conditions and poor irrigation”
The programme begins with scarification
and applying pre-seed fertiliser before further drag-matting to complete the job.
Quick germination and high establishment levels…
ARC Groundcare completed the work at each venue in two days and were rewarded with quick
germination and high establishment levels within seven days plus superb drainage and aeration/nutrient uptake throughout the soil profile. Newport Rugby Club Stadium Manager Mark Jones said “We were keen to try this new technique after talking to John in April this year and can now whole heartedly recommend this method. Work commenced in early June, after a late end of season play-off match, and took two days to complete. Germination was rapid and, despite the severe drought conditions and poor irrigation, we had superb results - 120 tonnes of sand just disappeared like magic and the pitch looks really great. I was so impressed that I ordered a Shockwave and RotoKnife immediately and intend to use these throughout the coming season. That put a smile on John’s face!”
ARC Groundcare worked
throughout to specifications drawn up by John and he was on site full time at all of the locations to supervise and record the work. Imants Managing Director, Felix
Peters, commented “This is a major new development in really cost effective pitch renovation packages. The whole process has been initiated, designed, and trialled, by John Reynolds and we believe this will be of major benefit to Non League and League clubs throughout the UK. There is no longer any excuse for poor draining ‘potato patch’ pitches when highly effective pitch restoration is available at such competitive prices.” “We have worked very hard to
create a superb, and totally unique, technique using simple proven agronomic principles and efficient, very cost effective, Imants machinery operating in combination with the sort of machinery every contactor owns, to produce fantastic results.” “Sand Banding is currently available from UK contractors at around £1.00 per square metre involving costs of between £6,500- 10,000 per pitch just for sanding! In contrast, this new technique offers a total pitch renovation package, including scarification, decompaction, aeration, sanding, seeding, fertiliser at almost half the cost depending on specification and materials used.”
John believes that many more UK contractors will adopt the techniques he has developed and make poor UK sports pitches a thing of the past. The company are currently looking to appoint twelve experienced Imants, factory approved, contractors across the UK to implement these new renovation techniques to a common specification and price. For further details contact John
Reynolds, Imants BV. Tel: 01568 615469 or 07080 604430
“... proven agronomic principles produce fantastic results”
Adrian Cooper of ARC Groundcare and then pre-s season fertiliser is applied
... followed by an application of silica sand
... then ‘Shockwaved’ to decompact the pitch
Next comes the RotoKnife with ‘big discs’
... followed by drag-m
matting
... then slit seeding from three directions
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