TURF MANAGEMENT
airter ® the sports turf care of the future with active aerification
nique in the world , the airter ®
U loosens the turf layers homogeneously from 8 cm to a depth of more than 24 cm - with adjustable compressed air and in one continuous operation . 26 specially developed injection lances with different types of nozzles inject up to one million litres of air per working process into the ground of a football pitch . With regard to water infiltration , an improvement can be measured immediately on the treated surfaces . Even football pitches that tend to become waterlogged due to an unfavourable structural quality in terms of material selection and grain size distribution ; soil properties as well as an unsuitable choice of substrate could be “ defused ” by working with the airter ® with 2 to 9 bars of air pressure .
Even unwanted and harmful grubs such as May and June beetles as well as Tipula larvae ( leatherjackets ) can be effectively and biologically controlled with the airter ® using compressed air at 100 % and guaranteed .
The all-important oxygen , which is dosed into the turf layer by the aeration , ensures stronger roots and thus proven vital plant growth . Anaerobic bacteria are destroyed by the airter ® with the supplied oxygen and thus a “ black layer ” profile layer can never again develop , which has a damaging effect on the soil . There are also no disturbing puncture holes in the soil . This prevents the soil from drying out at high temperatures and there are no holes visible in the greens that could hinder and disturb the course of the golf ball .
The golfers do not notice anything on the green from this maintenance measure carried out on the same day . With the airter ®, treatment is always possible even during ongoing play without having a negative effect on the playability of the golf greens .
6 GroundskeepingJournal . co . uk | September / October 2022