| For traditional soil turf, topsoil has to be taken up from natural resources for its growth. Suppose the growth of a traditional turf needs three-centimeter-thick soil, an area of 10 thousand-mu turf takes 200 thousand cubic meters soil to grow, which year on year will result in the encroachment of rich soil and field and ultimately destroys natural resources. Other than the damage to natural resources, the thick layer of topsoil required for growing of turf sometimes makes the installation impractical on roofs or balconies of existing buildings, for which excessive additional loading is not allowed. A traditional turf is also more susceptible to diseases than a soil-free turf due to the soil bacteria and this would also induce hygiene problems with the public in the vicinity. The soil-free turf is a spongy-like nutritional bed in which grass is firmly rooted and is made of industrial and agricultural wastes. It does not just provide a total solution to replace traditional turf but is able to widen the application scope of turf, especially in cities. This product was first developed in Europe and Canada but is now also developed in Beijing, China with even more advancement in technology and has been registered with five National Patents so far. With the state-of-the art technology developed in our own Country, we are now able to provide much more economical greening solutions to our customers with the plant species more adaptable to our climate and more suitable to our indulgence.
Benefits of Soil-free Turf over traditional turf are:
- Best for landscaping roofs and walls, crossing bridges and road slopes;
- Allows installation on horizontal, vertical and slant planes, thus can even be used to wrap up buildings with green;
- Much lighter in weight: than traditional soil turf;
- Water conservation: A traditional turf takes about 10 tons water per square meter a year while soil-free turf needs only about 0.9 ton water per square meter;
- Disease and Pest Resistant: A traditional turf is more susceptible to diseases than a soil-free turf due to the bacteria in soil;
- Weed-free: After installation, the highest maintenance cost for traditional turf is to eradicate weed growing but soil-free turf does not have similar problem;
- The nutrition bed is made of recycled products from industrial and agricultural waste
- Wide range of application: The soil-free turf can be installed basically on all kinds of substrates including concrete. It can also be installed horizontally or vertically.
- Short Breeding Period: For ordinary grass species, it takes three to four months to breed on traditional turf but it only takes one month on soil-free turf.
Table 1: Comparison between Traditional Turf & Soil-free Turf: |
