Air2G2 Machine

I didn't want to wait until next month's blog to add this so here it is.  The monday after Stampede I went out with a new type of aerifier and treated a few areas on our greens.  Some areas I did in order to combat against traffic and compaction, and other areas I did were due to being the low spot in the green where all the water drains down to.  The machine is call the Air2G2 and it uses compressed air in order to fracture the soil and create more pore space for oxygen.  This also aides in drainage of wet areas.  The machine shoots 3 rods into the green and then ejects air out of the sides of the rods throughout the soil profile.  The rods do this at a 3" depth and then again at a 12" depth with each shot.  If you watch closely you can actually see the turf left up from the air injection.

The areas I treated were the lower putting green, the right side of #3 green, all of #5 green, the middle and left of #9 green, the left and front sides of #11 and #12, the valley on #13 green, and the valley on #17 green.