ZEOLITE CLINOPTILOLITE
GRASS CONDITIONER
OPTIMIZED WATER AND FERTILIZER USAGE
ZEOLITE TURFS ZSC is an Italian oven dried and sterilized chabazite. Acceptable by the USGA as an inorganic amendment in the construction of putting greens. The product has extraordinary chemical-physical properties such as high and selective cation exchange capacity and high water retention.
The ZSC product is recommended for the construction and soil improvement of sandy soils such as golf greens and professional football stadiums. It is also beneficial in deep soil coring for improving soils with poor fertility or with poor water retention.
ZSC has a great water holding capacity that improves turf’s drought resistance. It also increases drainage, porosity and soil oxygenation. This is how ZEOLITE TURFS ZSC reduces the leaching of nutrients, which gives a higher soil potential fertility.
Fives fast benefits of ZEOLITE TURFS ZSC:
- Increases soil quality
- Increases soil water holding capacity
- Supports the gradual release of nutrients
- Solubilizes phosphorus
- Stimulates root development
The Benefits of Natural Zeolite for Turf on Sand-Based Root Zones
Zeolite can help you improve the quality of your turf root zone, protect the environment by saving irrigation water, avoid leaching of nutrients, and make your turfgrass management more sustainable by increasing nutrient availability and using nutrients efficiently.
Root zones for turfgrass need to have certain properties to contribute to a high-quality playing surface and to provide the perfect growing medium for turf:
- High water infiltration rate
- Good moisture retention
- Minimum compaction potential
- Good aeration
- High cation exchange capacity (CEC)
Because of the heavy foot traffic on playing surfaces, sand is often the main component of turf root zones. The right sand provides good aeration, good water infiltration and low compaction potential.
Sand-based root zone media for golf greens or soccer pitches hold less nutrients and water than soil-based root zones, as in push-up greens. This can lead to more leaching into groundwater and increased use of fertilisers and irrigation water. Scientists have been looking for materials that can reduce compaction, improve drainage and retain sufficient water when mixed with sand.
Usually, root zones are a mixture of sand plus some kind of organic material like peat. The organic material added will increase water and nutrient retention. But with time, organic material naturally is decomposed, and layering might be an issue.
Zeolite is a material that you can add to the mix to greatly improve its physical properties. This soil amendment will increase the nutrient holding capacity, the moisture retention and is very stable. When added to heavy soils like in push-up greens, it will improve drainage due to its porosity.
Use when needed.
New establishment: 1500kg/ha.
Deep aeration & renovation: 2000kg/ha.
Divot mix & potting soil: 5kg/m3
All year when dry.
SGN 125.
Additional information:
- Perfect in combination with top dressing.
- Can be applied at time of aeration backfilling to achieve root contact.
- Can be applied all year round.
Why use Gypsum?
Gypsum can supply the soil with calcium, that is, Ca ions, but will not change the pH value. If the soil is too acidic, you must use lime if you want to raise the pH.
Gypsum harmonises the cation ratios of the soil. If magnesium (Mg) accounts for more than 15% of the cation exchange capacity, the structure suffers on very heavy clay fairways. Gypsum fertilisation can displace excess Mg. The free binding sites are then occupied by Ca. This improves the soil structure.
Benefits:
Reduces salt stress
Improves seed germination
Improves soil structure
Stops water run-off and erosion
Improves water-use efficiency
Makes it possible to use low-quality irrigation water
Decreases heavy metal toxicity
Approved for the use in organic farming
Use when needed.
New establishment: 1500kg/ha.
Deep aeration & renovation: 2000kg/ha.
Divot mix & potting soil: 5kg/m3
All year when dry.
SGN 125.
Additional information:
- Perfect in combination with top dressing.
- Can be applied at time of aeration backfilling to achieve root contact.
- Can be applied all year round.
- Increases water absorption and retention. Economizes water usage.
- Acts as a water reservoir in dry and sandy fields.
- Keeps beneficial microorganisms in the soil alive.
- Absorbs excess water, and thus prevents root decays and fungal diseases.
- Aerates the soil. Zeolite, thanks to its High Cation Exchange Capacity;
- Holds and slowly releases ammonia, nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
- Transforms your regular fertilizer into a slow - and controlled - release fertilizer. Economizes fertilizer usage.
- Reduces fertilizer volatility and prevents loss of fertilizer due to leaching.
HIGH ECONOMIC RETURNS WITH A LOW COST
Zeolite yields high economic benefits with only a little expenditure.
Zeolite, when mixed with compost materials, improves
compost quality and prevents leachate and bad odors.
Since Zeolite acts as a reservoir for water and plant nutrients, best results are obtained if charged with fertilizers
before or soon after mixing it with soil.
THE ADVANTAGES OF ZEOLITE OVER OTHER CONDITIONER
eolite, thanks to its High Capillary Porous Structure;
- Improves the soil quality. Decontaminates the soil.
- Excellent hardness. Stable in soil.
- Economic and effective for many years.
- Improves the efficiency of fertilizers. Reduces fertilizer costs.
- Easy application, storage and transportation.
- Produced by the zeolite leader in Turkey, under the Fami-Qs quality control system, from the worlds’ purest zeolite mineral with Ecocert certificate.
- Completely safe and toxic-free. There is no risk or danger of overdosage. 100 % natural and environmentally friendly.
- Prevents groundwater contamination that otherwise occurs in the absence of zeolite, due to fertilizers and other nutrients that are applied to the soil.
Zeolite Turfs mines its Zeolite from Ecuador, where some of the richest soils in the world are found. This creates extremely high quality Zeolite, thus guaranteeing you to get the best out of this product