What to look for when hiring a Hydroseeder

Bonded Fibre Matrix

Bonded Fibre Matrix (BFM) is wood fibre mulch similar to that used in conventional hydroseeding. However, BFM has additional polyacrylamides, guar gums, and synthetic fibres to reinforce the matrix once cured. After a drying (curing) period of 24 hours, the matrix crusts up and bonds to the soil, which prevents erosion problems. Once formed this crust will fully resist splash erosion, but must not be placed in areas where flowing water is expected.

Uses of BFM?

These hydraulic products are ideally suited for steep to extreme slopes where installation of erosion control blankets is physically limited. BFM is usually applied to slopes greater than 3:1 where soil stabilization is required.

The future of BFM?

BFM is becoming more prevalent in extreme slope installations to insure installers safety versus blanket installation as well as in extremely environmentally sensitive areas, where the netting and thread on conventional erosion control blankets can be a threat to wildlife and fish.

Erosion Control Blanket

Erosion Control Blanket was invented in the 1960`s, and is a method of stabilizing soils during seed germination with a reinforced mulch structure. In the most simplest definition, erosion control blankets are mulch (straw, coconut, wood, plastic) sewn between two polypropylene nets. The netting and thread sandwich the mulch material together, and the blanket can then be rolled out and pinned to the ground with a variety of fasteners. The soil is prepared and seeded, then blankets are rolled out and pinned in place.

Why Use Blankets?

Erosion Control Blankets should be used in areas where flows of water are expected for limited periods of time.

Bioengineering

Bioengineering is the process of combining traditional engineering pratices such as rip rap with living material such as plants. This could include planting willow on a rip rap site to provide improved system strength once the willows grow over rip rap. The key concept with bioengineering versus traditional hard armour engineering solutions is this, a bioengineered system is the weakest the day that it is installed. This makes sense, seeing your plant materials have to grow, and as they continue to grow and root into the engineered components, they become continually stronger. With traditional engineered solutions for shoreline stabilization, they are the strongest the day they are installed, and get weaker as time passes.

Why Use Bioengineering?

As stated above bioengineering combines the principles of engineering with plant life. As a result you can take an engineered system, who’s strengths are fully calculated and make it many times stronger with plant material. Also consider the environmental and habitat benefits to adding plant materials to an engineered shoreline system. If you take a rip rap shoreline and add willows and dogwoods, as well as some rootwads (http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/SARR/ restoration/techniques/rootwad.cfm) - LINK NOT WORKING, you can just imagine the difference to habitat and the overall aesthetics of this system. When fully established it is completed covered with vegetation, truly a win-win.

Warranty Limitations:

There will be no refunds. Our warranty is limited to re-application of seed.
Our warranty does not cover "Acts of God", vandalism or anything else beyond The Greenskeepers control. Including drought, torrential rains and other weather related conditions.
Our warranty does not cover areas near the bottom of a ditch.
Our warranty does not cover the loss of any soil or ground cover due to runoff caused by heavy rain. The Greenskeepers Inc is not responsible for weed competition or their eradication.
If all criteria are met and we agree that a problem was caused due to our negligence, we will re-apply the hydroseed at no expense to the customer.

At the Greenskeepers Inc. customer satisfaction is our number one priority.

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