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Martin Ward explains how Symbio’s new oxygenation technology helps keep rootzones aerated
to be sprayed into the rootzone through a standard sprayer without any physical disruption, which will help all turf professionals provide a better playing surface. It is a complex blend of minerals and microbiology, capable of donating very high numbers of oxygen atoms right through the rootzone profile. This has the effect of stimulating aerobic biological activity more evenly than physical aeration. The importance of maintaining
S
ymbio’s Liquid Aeration is a new inorganic oxygen technology that allows oxygen
Thatch Reduction
aerobic conditions in the rootzone is well established. But, the firm sandy rootzones of sports surfaces have inherently low levels of available airspace, and can rapidly turn anaerobic through compaction or the waterlogging effect of rain and applied irrigation in the thatch layer and soil profile. The obvious advantage of aerating with an evenly applied liquid is the lack of physical disruption, which will make an important contribution to revenue and golfer satisfaction with the pressure of constant competitive play. However, there are many more
advantages for the turfcare professional aiming to provide the best possible playing surface. Physical aeration cannot get oxygen evenly into the rootzone. We are all familiar with the
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uneven surface caused by growth around tine holes in spring and late autumn, and the worry that the release of nutrient will spark off disease, especially if the surface is covered in topdressing that temporarily creates the low oxygen conditions favoured by Fusarium.
The supply of inorganic oxygen to the thatch layer, which can be extremely difficult to keep aerobic in wet conditions, significantly improves biological degradation of the thatch and reduces subsequent build up and water retention. Thatch is a food for the fungi that perennial grasses need to thrive. Many greenkeepers experienced the misfortune, in the very wet August and September of 2008, of seeing poa annua creep back into their greens as the thatch layer built up. This is because the thatch layer became anaerobic and the beneficial fungi essential for the growth of fescue and bent died, creating the bacterial dominant soil favoured by simple annual plants such as poa annua. Unless you can aerate frequently, with a sarrell roller or micro tines, it is often difficult to get sufficiently even aeration to develop the fungal biomass that degrades the thatch (as the case study shows). This new product will deliver oxygen throughout the thatch layer, even in wet conditions, allowing the continued degradation of thatch and survival of essential fungi to help promote fine grasses.
Better rooting
Most greenkeepers have experienced the root systems getting shorter as the rootzone becomes waterlogged in winter. When oxygen runs out the
bacteria in the soil start to metabolise anaerobically i.e.
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