{"id":785,"date":"2024-04-17T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/?p=785"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:15:37","slug":"aeration-catch-up-easier-with-wiedenmann-terra-spikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/aeration-catch-up-easier-with-wiedenmann-terra-spikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Aeration catch up easier with Wiedenmann Terra Spikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For many, this winter\u2019s aeration programme has been significantly interrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contractor Dave Gibson, director at Fairways Sportsground, said: \u201cOur work is principally in Scotland and north England\u2026 lots of new builds, but refurbishments and maintenance are still a big part of our day to day. Trying to get aeration done for clients has been stop start for the last six months. You set aside a couple of days for a Council\u2019s pitches or a golf club\u2019s fairways. You want the conditions to be right. You keep a close eye on the weather. All too often you are three hours in \u2026 then conditions change dramatically, and you have to come off\u2026 it must be among the most frustrating seasons in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe operate with both a Wiedenmann Terra Spike XD and a GXi8 HD, so its fortunate they are easy to set up and particularly quick over the ground. Look at either of the machines and you see their whole action is gentle and smooth. The tine action treats the ground with respect so it\u2019s about precise clean holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you have a fast machine the decision to \u2018go\u2019 is made easier. It\u2019s also a huge advantage when you must go back and finish off a job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across the Irish Sea to Adare, County Limerick, Brian Dunne, Course Superintendent at Adare Manor Old Course said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been brutal with so much wet ground. We have our own Terra Spike XP which makes such a difference. We try to do our fairways twice a year. We pick when the conditions are right and do two or three at a time. We\u2019ve got twelve acres in total, as well as walkways and tee boxes, so it takes us around a week and a half normally to do all the split sessions. This time we had to be so careful and wait for the ground to be sufficiently dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFortunately, we got a window in late January to use 20 mm diameter tines down to 250 mm. In some choice places known to hold water, we went a little deeper, so around 300 mm and we might revisit these more frequently. Had we not had that slightly drier spell, we would probably still be waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For many, this winter\u2019s aeration programme has been significantly interrupted. Contractor Dave Gibson, director at Fairways Sportsground, said: \u201cOur work is principally in Scotland and north England\u2026 lots of new builds, but refurbishments and maintenance are still a big part of our day to day. Trying to get aeration done for clients has been stop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[353,450,74,150,343,443,448,447,256,446,140,444,449,445,73,75,120,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":795,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions\/795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wiedenmann.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}