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| Publication Type:
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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| Title: | HydroJect |
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| Section: | Enquiries and replies
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 68, 1992, p. 132. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We have had a demonstration of the Toro HydroJect on our 18th green this summer and were most impressed by the lack of disturbance to the putting surface. We usually Verti-Drain in the autumn, an operation which creates poorer playing conditions, albeit admittedly for only a week or two. Is it possible for us to employ the HydroJect instead for this and future years?" |
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| Answer/Response: | "Impressive though the HydroJect is with regard to minimal surface disruption at the moment we remain a little wary of the capability of this unit to relieve compaction on soil based greens. The old maxim no gain without some pain may be relevant, our main concern over the benefit of this machine for compaction relief relates to the question, what happens to the displaced soil? Possible particle migration with fines washed through the depth of jet penetration may also lead to the creation of a pan. Obviously, pure sand constructions built using a quality uniform grade material should not be subject to such displacement, and the pressure jet may relieve any compaction in this situation by re-opening interparticle pore space. The HydroJect will certainly have a role to play in an aeration programme, but will not replace other operations like hollow tining or Verti-Draining. Perhaps one of the major uses of the machine will be in the treatment of dry patch. Dry patch areas are hydrophobic and unreceptive to water applied through conventional irrigation. The pressure jets of water provided by the HydroJect, maybe even supplemented with a wetting agent, may be just the thing to break into such drought susceptible areas. The HydroJect is a new innovation and we have yet to experience the result of long-term treatment, the only means of objectively assessing its value." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Cultivation methods; Hydroject; Recommendations; Vertidrain
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related article "HydroJect - an update" Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute, v. 69, 1993, p. 134, R=113099 R=113099 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1992. HydroJect. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 68:p. 132. |
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