Leach before or after?

Leaching greens before aeration is one of PACE Turf's most common recommendations in areas that deal with soil salinity problems. The reason? This practice helps to prevent development of the green polka dots that frequently appear after aeration in areas where soil salts are high.

Our recommendation is backed by simple common sense, over 30 years of observations in the field, and soil physics models for hydraulic conductivity. Here is what we know, and the conclusions we have drawn based…