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You Need Aerators for Various Roles

The real back breaking job for a commercial farmer is to keep his farm aerated at all times. While the simple definition of aeration is to introduce air into the soil the actual science is a bit more complicated than that. It is for this reason that there are so many different kinds of aerators otherwise you should need only one type to aerate all varieties of commercial farm land whether turf or pasture and arid or well watered. The need of aeration is three-fold. On the physical plane, you have to attack the texture of the soil and remove compaction thereby improving porosity. On the chemical plane, you would need to add fertilizers and lime besides pesticides and other nutrients in order to keep a control over the pH value of your land. Finally on the biological plane, you have to aerate and attack the bacteria and the fungi, the algae and the protozoa while ensuring that earthworms proliferate. So, when you need soil aerators you actually need machines with different kinds of tines and spikes and different kinds of plugs and other attachments such as the harrow, the cultivator and the core type of aerator.

Air is essential for microbial activity and for the vigor and health of your turf. The aerator, turf grass requires is one that will reduce compaction that is caused due to machinery such as the golf cars and mowers besides pedestrian traffic and even rainfall. This kind of aerator should be the one that has triangular tines and offsets that break up the layers of compacted soil up to 7” and even deeper. The percolation rate is established and the capillary action that follows ensures a favorable soil profile. The soil is now loosened due to the moisture and is now conducive to the percolation all along the root volume. In order to control the compaction venting is ensured with the help of Sports tine and Fine tine depending of course on the greens and approaches. The lawn plug aerator penetrates the turf thereby removing up to 3”plugs of soil allowing the water and seed along with nutrients to reach the roots.

The article is contributed by a professional content writer, having experiences of working in different industries. For further information on Aerators please visit http://www.daveheath.com/

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5/22/2012 1:11:28 PM