GROUNDSKEEPING & EQUIPMENT
DEEP AERATION RELIEVES COMPACTION
This is because the ground is usually so
compact at depth it needs the hammer
to break through). Once the probe has
reached one metre depth, compressed
air is released up to a maximum of 20Bar
(280psi), which is needed to fracture and
fissure the soil. The probe is withdrawn
and the process repeated using two-
metre centre spacings on a staggered
grid pattern - this means that each shot
interconnects with the previous ones.
Waterlogging on grassed areas such as
parks, around trees in public spaces and
all types of sports pitches is often the
result of heavy compaction. The action
of normal aeration, use of machines and
foot traffic, over time can all contribute
to panning and poor drainage, depriving
grass and tree roots of oxygen and
nutrients. Deep aeration specialists
Terrain Aeration have been providing
a long-term solution to this for over
twenty-five years.
The Terrain Aeration’s Terralift machines
hammer a hollow probe one metre into
the soil using a JCB road breaker gun.
On the tail end of the air blast, dried
seaweed and water polymer are injected
which stick to the walls of the fractures
and fissures and, over time, expand and
contract with the moisture content in the
soil - similar to “breathing” underground.
Biochar can also be incorporated
which collects contaminates in the soil
structure. The 1½” probe holes created
by the Terralift machine are backfilled
with Lytag aggregate to provide a semi
permanent aeration/ventilation shaft,
helping to keep the whole aeration
process working. The Terrain Aeration
process is ecologically sound, there is no
mess and the deep aeration ensures good
drainage for many years ahead.
Terrain Aeration 01449 673783
www.terrainaeration.co.uk
THE BEFORE AND AFTER OF ONE
METRE DEEP AERATION
COMPACTION AND WATERLOGGING STOP PLAY.
DOWNTIME COSTS MONEY.
Terrain Aeration’s long-term treatment reaches
one metre deep where compressed air blasts the
compaction.
The soil is opened up for good drainage and a
healthy sward with minimum disruption.
We have been successfully aerating sports turf,
bowling greens, golf courses, parks, trees and
gardens for over twenty-fi ve years.
See us at work:
www.terrainaeration.co.uk
Call us for a quotation 01449 673 783
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