One of the biggest headaches for a superintendent is managing divot recovery on practice tees, par 3 tees and fairways.  Slow recovery of divots on practice tees can become an eyesore as well as a nuisance for players.

Maxand’s beneficial properties of nutrient retention and moisture management help to improve divot recovery time.

 

This soil profile on the left was taken from a practice tee that is seven years old.  The root zone has become very sandy with little natural organic material to hold moisture.

This soil profile on the right was taken from just outside of the same practice tee. The profile is more representative of a soil profile from a fairway. The organic material provides a moisture management system and soil activity.

• Maxand’s cation and anion exchange sites enhance the retention and management of essential plant nutrients, making them more efficient and readily available to the plant.
• Maxand’s solid-state wetting agent properties help distribute soil water and nutrients uniformly throughout the root-zone.
• Results: Faster Divot Recovery: Recovery period is reduced by several days

Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter Florida

On May 23, 2014, Roger Dean Stadium personnel removed 3”W X 3”W X 2”D plugs.

• The plug on left was filled with quartz sand.
• The plug on right was filled with a blend of 80/20 Sand/Maxand.
• The following photo was taken 26 days after the plugs were established.
• The 20% Maxand plot has recovered much faster than the quartz sand alone.

Maxand’s moisture management and nutrient holding properties accelerate the recovery of the plug.  Just as new greens grow-in much faster with sand amended with Maxand when compared with straight sand or sand amended with peat, a divot will recover much faster with a Maxand blend.

Divot Recovery
Without Maxand	With Maxand