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This summer’s disastrously wet conditions with persistent rain often coming in very heavy bursts has caused drainage headaches for course managers around the country. Flooded and puddled greens mean that temporary pin positions have been much in evidence, members and pros have been disgruntled and tourists have stayed away in droves. Courses which have slow draining greens due to an impermeable surface layer - whether it be due to soil type or thatch - have been dogged by closures which do not help either their turf condition or income stream. Problems relating to poor drainage, in particular flooding due to slow infiltration rate, can be alleviated and often cured by Ecosolve’s Drill n Fill aerator. This is a self-powered machine that can operate in conditions that would halt lots of other equipment. The drill bores down through the troublesome surface layer, extracts and backfills with material which holds open the drainage channel below the surface, allowing percolation of water through to freer draining soil beneath. Weather conditions this year
Mitchell had three greens drill filled to a depth of 310mm using 20mm diameter drills. Backfill was an 80:20 mix of sand and Ecosolve’s own zeolite- based soil amendment, Sportslite. He was delighted with the results. Despite the rains, and even after what we had on July 19th, greens were open all summer. “There was no puddling and no temporaries.” Although Meyrick Park’s greens have a free-draining sandstone subsoil, the surface is clay-based and water could not get through to the drainage layer. The idea was to create a link between the two (see photo). Water percolated freely through to the sandstone leaving a putting surface clear of water. “The aeration was really good
have meant that the machine really came into its own. Meyrick Park Golf Club in Bournemouth was one to reap the benefit of this type of aeration in March 2007. With a Pay and Play element to its operation in a busy tourist spot, the club would be financially inconvenienced when it had to close greens and/or use inferior temporary pin positions. This would normally be the case at the course which suffered from puddling and poor drainage after one to two days’ rain. This spring, Head Greenkeeper Ray
and effective and our members and club pro noticed the improvement in playability,” says Ray. This winter will be a testing time for visitor numbers but he is optimistic because the greens held up so well during the wet summer. He has booked the same work to be done on three more greens this autumn. “We started with the wettest and will work through the others.” The aerator works by
removing soil with the drill, allowing lateral movement within the rootzone and releasing compaction pressure. Deep penetration breaks through any sub-surface hard pans, thatch, black layer and rootzone - subsoil interfaces, thus increasing aero-porosity. “Turf which has been dogged by slow draining surface water can be transformed,” says Ecosolve technical director Bretton King “whilst water percolation within the rootzone also improves too.” The fluted tungsten carbide drills ease into turf without the
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