SherriffAmenity announced as UK distributor of Turf Improver
Sherriff Amenity is delighted to announce that it is nowthe exclusive UK distributor of Carbon Gold’s Enriched Biochar Turf Improver.
Carbon Gold’s aim is to increase soil fertility and improveturf health through the use of biochar-based products and projects. Its blendsare approved by the Soil Association for organic growing and are certified bythe FSC®. This important alliance significantly widens Carbon Gold’s marketreach and improves the availability of enriched biochar to the UK sports turfindustry.
Biochar is a highly porous, high carbon form of charcoalused to improve soil nutrition, growing conditions and turf health. It is madefrom untreated waste woody biomass that has been charred at a low temperaturewith a restricted supply of oxygen, a process called pyrolysis.
Biochar improves the physical nature of soils by increasingtheir water holding capacity and improving aeration, lessening the risk ofdrought and waterlogging. It also improves the cation exchange capacity of thesoil, influencing its ability to hold onto essential nutrients. Thanks to itsmicroscopic honeycomb-like structure, biochar provides the perfect habitat forbeneficial soil microorganisms - such as mycorrhizal fungi and actinomycetesbacteria - to flourish, encouraging increased root growth and plant vitality.
Carbon Gold’s Turf Improver enriches biochar with optimumlevels of beneficial fungi, bacteria and trace minerals for optimum soil andsward health. Where prevention rather than cure is key, adding enriched biocharto soil provides the foundation on which to build resilient, attractive,playable turf, as recent sports turf trials have shown.
The growing popularity of enriched biochar in theprofessional and amenity turf sectors signifies a positive shift to a morebiological approach, as part of a wider movement away from harmful chemicalinputs and towards soil health.
Turf Improver is available immediately from SherriffAmenity.
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