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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):Sports Turf Research Institute
Title:Deep aeration
Section:Enquiries and replies
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Source:Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 62, 1986, p. 224.
Publishing Information:Bingley, West Yorkshire, UK: The Sports Turf Research Institute
# of Pages:1
Question:"We are considering hiring a Verti-Drain machine to carry out a deep aeration treatment on our greens. When is the best time to do this, please?"
Answer/Response:"The value of Verti-Draining is in its cultivation action on the soil, as it can lift and fracture compacted layers fairly low down in the profile. This effect is best gained when the soil profile is on the dry side, but if the Verti-Drain tines can penetrate into very free draining subsoil, e.g. sand or gravel layers, or indeed into a stone drainage carpet, this treatment can be effective during most of the year. However, if the tines will only reach down into a relatively normal subsoil or clay, then this treatment will best be done during the latter part of summer or in the early autumn, when the subsoil is at its driest. Using the Verti-Drain on a wet clay subsoil could in fact do damage to drainage characteristics, because the tines will smear."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Deep tine aerifiers; Evaluations; Maintenance planning; Recommendations; Vertidrain
Language:English
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ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Sports Turf Research Institute. 1986. Deep aeration. J. Turfgrass Sports Surf. Sci. 62:p. 224.
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