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Fifteen Benefits of Compost Use

Improves soil structure and porosity - creating a better plant root environment

Increases moisture infiltration and permeability, and reduces the bulk density of heavy soils - improving moisture infiltration rates and reducing erosion and runoff

Improves the moisture holding capacity of light soils - reducing water loss and nutrient leaching, and improving moisture retention

Improves cation exchange capacity (CEC) of soils

Supplies organic matter

Aids proliferation of soil microbes

Supplies beneficial microorganisms to soils and growing media

Encourages vigorous root growth

Allows plants to more effectively utilize nutrients, while reducing nutrient loss by leaching

Enables soils to retain nutrients longer

Contains humus which helps in soil aggregation and makes nutrients more available for plant uptake

Buffers soil PH

Supplies macro and micro nutrients

May suppress soil borne disease

Can bind and degrade certain pollutants

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Compost - Sports Applications

Soccer, Football, Baseball or LaCrosse
Parks and Recreational Land of all types

"The sports field industry is just beginning to apply the grass growing technology used in the golf industry for decades." Dale Getz- Sports Fields and Grounds US Sales Manager- Toro USA.

Compacted, worn, hi-traffic athletic fields can be brought back to life with our Soilife Solution.

Top Dressing

Top dressing alone will add nutrients and organic matter to the soil, helping to relieve compaction, assist air exchange, aid infiltration, stimulates growth, reduce thatch and prepare your fields for new growth. Humus compost can hold up to four times more water than soil, reducing, in some cases, irrigation needs by up to 30%.

Complete Aerification & Seeding

Our complete Aerification & Seeding program includes our certified blend of compost and turf seed. Facilitating germination and fighting erosion it’s the complete way to revitalize your playing surface.

Contact Us and together we can create a solution for your athletic field needs.

Constructing a new athletic field or complex?

2nd Season technology can provide a strong healthy field at a fraction of the cost of sod, and much thicker and quicker than traditional seed/soil blends.

To learn more about our sports turf advantages click here.

Parks and Recreational Land

Improving the soil structure, increasing the moisture holding capacity and the freedom to move away from chemical fertilizer s top the list of reasons Soilife™ compost is a great way to nourish recreation lands in and around Dane County. For parks and recreational land near lakes and waterways, the erosion control qualities along with the organic nature of compost are added benefits.

To speak with us about possibilities click here.

Golf Course Application

Gaining regional and national recognition for their innovative leadership in environmentally responsible golf course maintenance practices (Click here to see Awards) Madison Golf and Development Group LLC used Soilife Compost feed the turf on their golf courses. Achieving a 90% reduction in the fertilizer use and 50% reduction in the use of other chemicals, Madison Golf also realized additional “unintended consequences” in the forms of water retention and thatch reduction. Other golf industry solutions:

  • Root Zone Mix for golf green construction
  • Grow-In-Mix
  • Top Dressing
  • Tee Box Mix
For application solutions contact

Steve Stumbras
Director of Marketing and Business Development