Notable Aerification: Part 2 Clean Up

Aerifying greens can be a messy job. Pulling all that organic matter out of a green leaves a mess of cores and plenty of work behind. Lets face it, there're multiple ways to skin a cat at this point. Some go out with teams of blowers and round up all the cores into small piles and then have another team clean them up. Sounds a little familiar.

This is the example of blowing the cores into 

piles and then having them removed

The first video demonstrated a slower process but, a less invasive one. The next video demonstrates probably the fastest way to clean up cores. Although not the least invasive way to get the job done, it is very quick. Using a mechanical harvester, the cleanup process per green takes 10 to 15 min.

Cleaning up cores using a mechanical harvester

The two videos above are compelling and are opposites of each other when considering the invasiveness of the core clean up process. This next video shows a cleanup process that is quick and minimally invasive to the greens. Although the process is labor intense, the greens are clear of cores once the aerifyer leaves the green.

A quick and clean core removal process

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