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SPEEDCUT CONTRACTORS LTD
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steve@stevenpask.co.uk
www.stevenpask.co.uk SPORTS TURF CONSULTANTS
A professional service for all Sportsturf:
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Oxford 01865 331479
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The new Air 2G2 from Campey Turf Care Systems
Campey Turf Care’s Brian Shaunessey discusses the benefits of compressed air injection to resolve deep compaction
The tts culture is based on its independence.
tts embodies a new generation of turf consultants combining experienced and practical groundsmen with in-depth technical knowledge.
For more information on how tts can improve your playing surfaces and contribute effective resource management to your organisation, don’t hesitate to call.
Telephone: 01604 862925 Website:
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SPORTS EQUIPMENT SPRAYERS
WE have all been dealing with the effects of the flooding and the continued and prolonged cold spell. This has caused many problems for turf managers across our industry, but maybe now is the time to look beyond this period and address the conditions that will be left after the water has gone.
GOALS MAKE GAMES. WE MAKEGOALS.
TALK TO MARK HARROD 01502 710039
www.markharrod.com
WWW.SPORTSMARK.NET THE TOTAL SPORTS PROVIDER
Training Equipment • Bootwipers • Shelters Groundsman’s Equipment
Construction/Installation Service for: Bowling Greens, Wickets and Cages, Sportshalls, Throwing Cages, Jumping Pits and Ball Courts
CALL MIKE OR JULIE NOW! T 01635 867537 F 01635 864588
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Sports Ground and Golf Course Furniture Goals • Nets • Cages • Wickets
The experts tell us that it will take up to four weeks of drying, with no rain, to dry the ground out. This prolonged period of evapotranspiration (ET) - the loss of water to the atmosphere by the combined processes of evaporation (from soil and plant surfaces) and transpiration (from plant tissues) - is a vital part of the recovery.
ET, when measured, also provides turf managers with an indicator of how much water the grass and plants need for healthy growth and productivity
Past experience has taught us that, after prolonged saturation, the ground will be even more compact after it dries out and will need to be treated by shockwaving, verti- draining etc. However, to reach and shatter deep-seated hard pan formations in the soil, other methods, such as compressed air injection, are recommended first.
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There are several air pressure machines available for tackling deep compaction, including the long established Terrain Aeration models, the Gwazae from Kensett Sports and the latest of them all, the Air 2G2
from Campey Turf Care Systems.
Any poor soil condition on and around golf greens, walkways, professional football pitches and bowling greens caused by drought, excessive root encroachment, flooding or general over use of the surface can be effectively treated with compressed air.
Turf Tip
Looking past the floods to drought!
It works on the principle of injecting compressed air vertically and horizontally over an area of approximately 5ft (1.5m) to 12” (35cms) deep (depending upon probe fitting). This causes a fracturing effect of the compacted rootzone, with no surface disruption. Play on pitches, greens and fairways, tees and around bunkers can be resumed immediately following the treatment.
The benefits include improved growth in the rootzone through
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