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Broken-Z Friend |
posted 11 July 2009 13:44
  
I just read a bit about a product called Liquid Gold Chemical aerator. https://www.outsidepride.com Does any one have any expierience with this product. I am having problems with fungus in my back yard, in FL which consits mostly of Bahaia grass. I was told that aerating the soil could help this problem.Thanks in advance! IP: Logged |
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tommy Turfmaster |
posted 11 July 2009 16:15
It depends on the hardness of your soil. Hard, poorly drained soils will need to be aerified the old fashioned way. I have not had a lot of success with liquid aerifiers. If your disease is caused by poor air circulation close to the surface, you may need to power rake, which will clean out some thatch and make conditions less favorable for disease. IP: Logged |
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willpeoples Friend |
posted 28 September 2009 20:11
yeah you need to aerate or probably easier try a granular fungicide. IP: Logged |
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saltcedar Turfmaster |
posted 01 October 2009 06:58
People, this is FLORIDA, the soils that will grow Bahia are SAND no aeration needed EVER! IP: Logged |
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cohiba Turfmaster |
posted 01 October 2009 16:01
Aeration is performed for any number of reasons. Even on sand based turf it is used to reduce thatch, open up wet soils for drying, seed bed preparation, soil amending, ect. Aeration is not just used for compaction any more. IP: Logged |
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Turfguy_UF Turfmaster |
posted 01 October 2009 22:42
Saltcedar is correct here though. Bahia grows in very sandy soil, unless a front end loader is driving over this persons lawn then aerification for the sake of compaction is not needed, but even for opening aerifiying for the purpose of creating air, and water space, again that falls into the catigory of compaction. If you are seeing standing water from rain or irrigation lasting longer than 5-10 minutes even after a heavy rain in your lawn then yes I would aerify. But to treat a fungus I would use liquid or granular pesticides before I would aerify. IP: Logged |
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