Air Injection

This week we have aerated the greens on both courses with the on hire Air2G2 air injection machine. Although the air2g2 machine is fairly new on the market, research and customer feedback has been extremely favourable.

The air2g2 has three 30cm probes, which are air driven into the green, these probes inject the soil with two blasts of compressed air. The air is injected both vertically and horizontally over an area of approx 1.5mts and to a depth of between 30-50cm.

These blasts of air causes a fracturing effect of the soil from the subsoil to the surface and helps relieve any deep rooted compaction.

Because the probes and the air break up the lower layers of soil, additional pathways for water and air are formed. This means water, air and nutrients can filter down to the roots faster. This should lead to a healthy water to air ratio within the soil, which will then increase the microbial activity that ultimately reduces bacteria and fungus in the root zone.

Although we will be monitoring the results over the winter months we have been extremely impressed with its performance and have already provisionally booked the machine for hire next spring.

You will see at the end of the video there is virtually no surface disturbance and play can resume immediately following the treatment.