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Remember when Alabama used helicopters to dry Bryant-Denny?
With a hurricane approaching, we talked with Alabama's groundskeeper and a SubAir executive about the technology beneath Saban Field and preparations for Georgia.
STORY (FREE): yea-alabama.com/beneath-brya…
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With Hurricane Isaias hitting before tonight's Alabama-Georgia game, Alabama's SubAir system will be tested.
Alabama installed the system beneath its football field as part of a multi-million-dollar renovation project.
Fourteen wireless underground sensors monitor conditions like moisture, temperature, and oxygen.
The system then pulls moisture out through a drainage system when the field gets too wet.
The company that installed the system says it can do an hour's worth of drainage in about three minutes.
The system also has built-in temperature controls with an underground heating system, allowing Alabama to heat up the field when it gets cold.
This is the same system used at Augusta National, and it paid off when Alabama received half an inch of rain before its 2023 home opener.
The SubAir system automatically kicked on, and in just 17 minutes, the moisture level dropped from 25% to 16% — the exact level Alabama likes to play all its football games at.
Pretty cool!
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5” of snow & low of 12F last night didn’t stop today’s morning training or NCAA semi final prep
Thanks to our friends @SubAirSystems @Soil_Scout
& @SGLsystem
@miraemma32 @TurfTrina @juliekessler15 @TreyTrumbo @BennyErvie
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120’s lined up at 9’ spacing with heat on. Hydronic heat is cranked up with SubAir in pressure mode to try to hold the heat at the top. Trying to grow bermuda as long as we possibly can.
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Extreme heat and humidity will be affecting a big part of the U.S. this week and golf course superintendents will be playing defense. If you notice some temporary changes in playing conditions, remember that slow grass is better than no grass!
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Subairs out after 2-day total of 4.3” rain, single roll along with putting the course back together ahead of play!
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Profile. It was also 80 degrees under the tarp with an outside air temp of 15. Grass was loving life for a few hours. @SubAirSystems
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With the brutal cold we run SubAir in pressure in conjunction with our sub soil heat thinking it helps even our soil temperatures & get the heat closer to the surface quicker. It wasn’t until we put the snow tarps on we realized how much air is actually being pushed through the
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Natural grass field.
Next episode of Built For Buffalo drops tonight at 8pm: bufbills.co/4035qzu
Built For Buffalo | Natural Grass Field
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Thank you to all of the sponsors that helped make the 2024 𝑮𝑪𝑮𝑪𝑺𝑨 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 & 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 a 𝐒𝐔𝐂𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐒 🌱
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Check out this #SoilScout guide for tips on how to make financial and surface impact on your golf course year round ⬇️
soilscout.com/downloads/new-…
#golfcoursemaintenance #golf #golfcourse #sportsturf #soilhealth #realtimedata #soilsensors
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Renovation season has begun! ⚽
Now’s the time to take advantage of a FREE Soil Scout trial. 🙌
Tell us why you would benefit from a trial.
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(this offer applies to the UK only)
Find more info about Soil Scout here: 🔗bernhard.co.uk/products/soil…
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🇺🇸 #SoilScout are pleased to once again be attending the @SierraTurf Spring Symposium in Northern California.. It was a busy first day with a fantastic turnout and @CwalterTurf there to answer your soil monitoring solution questions
soilscout.com
#soil #SoilHealth
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Soil Scout to Enhance Golf Course Management with Toro® IntelliDash® Integration!
Soil Scout is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration to integrate Soil Scout data into the Toro IntelliDash golf course management dashboard.
Click for more ⬇️
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Christian Walter retweeted
🇺🇸 A busy first day for #SoilScout & @SubAirSystems at @GCSAA Conference & Exhibition - Looking forward to welcoming you today! Come and say hello to the team on booth No.2357
#GIS #Golf #SoilSensors #SoilHealth #SportsTurf #SoilForClimateAction
soilscout.com
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Pushing heat through the @SubAirSystems drainage lines. Can see exactly where they lie. 10’ on center through the length and two lines through the width of the pitch.
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Always enjoy watching our @Soil_Scout sensors during rain events. The putting surfaces reached field capacity and released around 25% VMC at the 8 inch depth sensor. Back to work tomorrow drying them down to the lower teens.
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A look below the surface tonight. A cool and damp week, field temperatures have sat between 45-55 degrees. Thankful for @SubAirSystems for the ability to manipulate our moisture content. Rain incoming tomorrow, we are running the vacuum system in preparation for Monday.
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Honored to get opportunity to speak at the 70th Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Assosciation conference!! Join me in Hall A from 10-11, learn about @TurfCloud/@HarrellsLLC free job board and application tracker, @HusqvarnaUSA automowers, and @Soil_Scout Soil Sensors @RMRTA1










































