MAINTENANCE OF SPORTS LAWNS AND GROUNDS
One of plenty kinds of using natural zeolite is its use for making turfgrasses and lawns at stadia, sports grounds, in parks and public places , for land rehabilitation around private and public buildings.
The use of natural zeolite allows to gain the following advantages: its application in the required quantity into the soil prevents trampling the soil, aerifies and aerates deeply the root system of plants, splendidly preserves and lets sufficient amount of water to flow to the plant root system. It co-opts toxic chemicals and does not let them out into the environment, reduces washing out of fertilizers into ground water, thus cutting down pollution of ground water.
It gradually top-dresses plants according to their needs with nutritive substances, provides a perfect level of cation-exchange and promotes procreation and functioning of of useful microorganisms.
Use: in construction of new turfgrasses and lawns from 10 to 20 percent of the soil is replaced with the equal volume of natural zeolite. It should be introduced to the depth of 5 to 15 cm. For turf reconstruction or renovation or rehabilitation of lawns up to 150 kg of zeolite per 100 sq. meters should be used. To increase soil aeration one should use from 30 to 75 kg per 100 sq. meters or from 3,000 to 7,000 kg per a hectare. For treating and fertilizing existing lawns it is necessary to use from 15 to 30 kg for 100 sq. meters or from 1,500 to 3,000 kg per a hectare.