It’s all about controlling water
Soil Probe
USGA Green and a highly modified 100 year old push up.
ISTRIC Test
Soil Testing
Doing your own Perk Test
Water Management
Utilizing Sensors
THE SOIL SCOUT SOLUTION
The Only Truly Wireless Sensor Platform for Insight Below Ground
• Truly Wireless Measuring
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Integrated Moisture, Temperature & Salinity sensors
Transmits from up to 4 metres / 12 feet below ground
Broadcasts through soil, turf, sand, clay, ice and snow
Nothing on course to impede players, machinery, or turf growth
• Continuous Monitoring
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Broadcasts every hour for up to 20 years
Unaffected by weather, temperature extremes or seasons
No need for maintenance or human intervention
Enables detailed profile to be established continuously over time
SOIL SCOUT SOLUTION
Analytics
Cloud
Base Station
Repeater
Scouts
Temperature
Moisture
Salinity
Save up to 50% irrigation water and energy
Diagnostic Tools
Version 2.0
Monthly Report:
Course Conditions
& Costs
Drainage Solutions
Instead of putting in a pipe, we need to re-contour the fairway to let the
trapped water return when the it recedes.
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Drainage is critical
Flowick is a rope system for drainage in greens it works, but it is slow
Bringing all the ropes from the green to the front
Water Wicking
How to incorporate sand into the profile
Graden
Sand Topdressing
Various forms of Aerification
Drill and Fill
Dryject
Hand Watering Wilt
Putting water where it is needed!
Dry soils dissipate temperatures better than wet ones.
Keeping Greens dry is keeping everything healthy!
Turf Tips:
Sharp Mowers
This is a custom built fertilizer injection system.
We utilize it on our collars for plant health.
Dew Removal
Dew and thatch management
Thank you!