Synergy for soils

When Consolidate Turf and Aqua Aid BV joined forces in 2021 with both parties distributing each others product ranges (Consolidate Turf becoming a UK distributor for the Aqua Aid product range and Aqua Aid BV taking Consolidate Turf into Europe) it was on an educated basis that both companies knew that their product ranges would enhance each other, and that even greater results were possible, more so than the success that each company had achieved individually.

Now two years down the line it has been fantastic to see the results going from strength to strength in many areas of turf grass and soil health, on all types of turf grass both warm and cool season grasses and in all situations from football stadia to golf courses all over Europe.

One area of great success has been the improvement in customers soil profiles with a reduction in thatch levels being common, alongside reduced instances of anaerobic black layer, this coupled with the general cleanliness of the profiles and increased root development.

So how has this been achieved?

Consolidate Turf have always advocated that their liquid nutritional range is best applied at higher water rates targeting the plant via the roots (due to its unique chemistry), and that the correct amount of moisture within the profile aids uptake to the plant. This means that its a great fit for a combined application with a wetting agent.

Consolidate Turf have always focused heavily on providing a balanced, nutritional program for the grass plant with an emphasis on reducing stress, and with heat and drought stress becoming more prevalent in the UK during the growing season and the stresses associated with wetter autumn/ winter periods, such as disease pressure, working with a company that can reduce these stress periods will only enhance the efficacy of Consolidate Turf products .

The proven track record of Aqua Aid surfactants (both in the USA and Europe) in being able to regulate moisture within the profile with products such as OARS Hs and Ps which use the latest multi branched hydration technology and VerdeCal G which can aid the loosening of clay soils, improve water percolation therefore giving a more balanced ratio of soil, air and moisture in the profile, providing a healthier growing medium.

All this means that turfgrass managers are in total control of moisture contents throughout the entire soil profile. This allows stadium Groundsmen to avoid organic matter build up, keeping a cleaner more uniform profile with enhanced rooting, and allows Golf Course Managers to aid water movement within the profile to help them achieve the firm, fast playing surfaces they desire for longer periods of time with reduced instances of disease.