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greens and fairways. On a couple
of large, dry areas on the 16th
fairway moisture levels were down
to 12 percent and had turned
brown and dormant.
"I knew the only way to reverse
this would be with lots and lots
of hand watering," Piller said. For
three days, the first large dry patch
that had been down to 12 percent
moisture was hand watered. But
after three days, the moisture level
had only risen to 13 percent.
"Traditionally, when soil becomes
hydra-phobic like this, unless you
use extensive wetting agents it's
really hard to re-wet those areas,"
Piller said.
He decided to put the 1-inch
Magnation Rainbolt to the test in
the second area.
"With the Magnation device
installed on our water hose, we
watered for three days and then
tested the second fairway area that
was also at 12 percent moisture,"
he said. "We were extremely
pleased with the results: the
Magnation-treated ground was
well on its way to recovery; the
moisture level had climbed to 23
percent."
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Piller recommended to the owners
the purchase of Magnation mainline
units for both of their golf courses.
Magnation 8-inch and 6-inch
post pumps were installed in the
spring of 2014 and quickly began
to deliver noteworthy results.
"The first thing is that our dry
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