Thomas Turf Service Recommends Pozzolan
Add Pozzolan to your Soil Profile
Add Pozzolan to your Turf
The USGA recommends testing the stability of golf course green building materials. This is accomplished by using the ASTM C-88 Sulfate Soundness Test. Greater than 12% degradation over a 20-year period is unacceptable.
Westen Pozzolan's Lassenite ATS Soil Amendments far exceed this recommendation by degrading less than 3%.
Thomas Turf Services has found POZZOLAN an excellent Soil Amendment.
“The Pozzolan may be beneficial for use on problem areas of golf course tees and fairways. High traffic areas such as the walk-on areas and landing zones are examples of areas likely to benefit from the use of this product.”
”Pozzolan would be useful in improving growing conditions in "hot spots" or other areas that normally require a significant amount of hand watering. Since the Pozzolan had an adequate saturated hydraulic conductivity, it may be possible to incorporate it into the soil profile by using it to fill "core aerification" holes. Another possible approach would be to use a mixture of sand and Pozzolan to fill "core aerification" holes.”
Increase Moisture Retention by Adding POZZOLAN to Your Soil Profile.
Adding Pozzolan to your soil profile Increases Moisture Retention, and offers these other benefits as well.
• Allows Soil to ABSORB and HOLD water
• Reduces Frequency of Watering
• Increased Quality and Quantity of Yields
• Reduced Use of Fertilizers
• Accelerates Blooming and Optimizes Maturation
• Promotes Deeper Roots and Increases the Number of Fine Root hairs
• Allows for the Efficient Movement of Water that Adds to the Permanent Availability of Water to Turf and Plants
Tests show that by adding POZZOLAN to your Turf provides the following results:
• Increased moisture retention – In a number of different tests, including absorbency tests, Pozzolan retained between 92 and 102% of its mass in water. Pozzolan ensures consistent delivery of moisture to the plants’ root system. Stored water in the soil horizon was increased 181% over controls.• Decreased compaction – The ability of a soil additive to aerate a soil is a function of the compaction properties of the material. If the product compacts dramatically, soil porosity will decrease, resulting in a less aerated soil. A 46% improvement in porosity was observed attesting to Pozzolans inherent ability to improve the aeration of soils.
• High capillarity – Pozzolan possesses a strong wicking ability or conduit effect. Pozzolan can actually pull water uphill. Tests show a dramatic improvement of soil with the addition of Pozzolan and provides strong evidence of the products ability to evenly distribute moisture throughout the soil column.
• No soil expansion – Because of the concerns raised by expansive soils, it is important to document a soil additive’s expansion characteristics. Test results confirmed that Pozzolan exhibits no expansion characteristics thereby allowing for the ease of moisture movement in the soil.
• High CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) – Due to its high CEC, adding Pozzolan to your soil can greatly improve the soil ability to hold onto nutrients.
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