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growth. During my travels I see too many examples of poor sports pitches, with the main culprit being the use of poor quality soil/rootzome materials. It is essential you know what materials you are dealing with. Typically, a soil is made up of three main components, sand, silt and clay. The amount and distribution of these components will determine the classification and performance of your material. A soil texture triangle is used to classify the soil. The sides of the soil texture triangle are scaled for the percentages of sand, silt and clay. Clay percentages are read from left to right across the triangle (dashed lines). Silt is read from the upper right to lower left (light, dotted lines). Sand from lower right towards the upper left portion of the triangle (bold, solid lines). The boundaries of the soil texture classes are highlighted in blue. The intersection of the three sizes on the triangle give the texture class. For instance, if you have a soil with 16% clay, 11% silt, and 73%
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sand it falls in
the
decent topsoil or rootzone profile is essential for supporting grass plant
‘sandy loam’ class. Clay and silty soils do not drain
British Rootzone and Topdressing Association ensure consistent and repeatable standards of rootzone and topdressing
By Laurence Gale MSc
very well while a more sandy soil does. The performance of a pitch is driven by the classification of the materials used. Most modern day sports pitches
tend to be constructed with high (90-100%) sand content to aid the drainage performance of the pitch. Heavy soil based pitches tend to be less free draining. One of the other biggest
problems with sourcing materials is consistency of product. All too often an unscrupulous contractor will supply you with inconsistent or non specified materials. To help control the supply of sand and soils, and ensure that the customers get what they are paying for led to the formation of the British Rootzone and Topdressing Manufacturers Association (BRTMA). The BRTMA was formed to look
after the interests of members and customers alike. At the time of its formation it was felt, by the founder members, that a gap existed in the amenity sector for producers of quality construction mixes and topdressings to demonstrate their ability to offer a consistent and repeatable standard of appropriate materials, using the best
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