Magazine - Lakelands Country Club Sanoplant Results

By John Robertson in Consultancy on 11th Jul 2010 15:50

Lakelands Country Club recently rebuilt a 2500m2 area adjacent to the clubhouse, consisting of a new 1st Tee, surrounds and walk-way, new 8th Tee and surrounds, and a new practice putting facility.


After earthworks were completed, and before grassing and seeding commenced, SANOPLANT was applied as a soil additive at the recommended rate and incorporated into the soil at a depth of 100mm by way of rotary-hoe.





These areas were then:
● Turfed with Windsor-Green Couch (tee-top surfaces),
● Stolonized with Windsor-Green Couch (tee surrounds and walk-ways),
● Seeded with Penncross Bent Grass (practice putting facility)

The table below shows previous construction site usage of fertiliser and irrigation during the “grow-in” stage on Bassendean grey sand (prevalent at Lakelands Country Club) against this site using SANOPLANT as a soil additive









As can be seen by the results on the previous table, the improvement in both reduction of irrigation and fertiliser usage has averaged between 33% and 40% over the 12 week “grow-in” period.

Once brought into play at week 13, the resultant growth patterns, grass coverage and recovery time has also shown a 33% improvement against similar areas, given the play commitments of 1100 rounds per week.

I have no hesitation in recommending SANOPLANT, to any prospective purchaser, and can be contacted at any time to verify this testimonial.

Craig New
Course Manager Lakelands Golf Club
Em: greens@lakelandscc.com.au





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