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Superjecting fairways.....

This week we began to aerify our fairways with our Bannerman Superject aerifier. This machine is very simple, but it provides huge benefits to the soil and therefore to the turfgrass. This type of aeration slices a hole that reaches up to 6" deep. The tines also twist a little and provide a shatter effect that will allow air, water and therefore roots to reach deeper into the soil. As you can see from the pictures, this is a very non-disruptive process. We can all expect to see this machine out on the golf course periodically throughout the golf season.

The machine is equipped with a roller to minimize disruption.


You can see from the side view how deep the tines are going into the soil.


This is a picture of 15 fairway immediately following the process.

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  1. Mark P.November 19, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    Awesome! how deep were you going?

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  2. GreigNovember 20, 2009 at 2:00 PM

    We were able to get it down the full 6", fairways are relatively soft...the process went very well.

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