Golf Fairways Aeration and Decompaction

Aeration work might be carried out on a monthly basis under suitable ground conditions, with annual, or more frequent, decompaction work, such as verti-draining being fairly common.

Hollow-tining would be considered where thatch is a problem, whilst slit or chisel tining can be routinely carried out from late summer to early winter, with a frequency of fortnightly not being uncommon, before soil conditions might become unsuitable for routine tractor operated equipment.

Some parts of a fairway may need to be aerated or decompacted more frequently than other areas, especially the initial areas leading off from a tee, around the green and in front of the green and where fairways have excessive traffic across them.