Slope Erosion Control

Hydroseeding Applications
Who can benefit from the hydro seeding or erosion control process? The list includes residential homeowner sites installing new lawns or renovations. Landscape contractors with commercial & residential turf or ground cover installations, landscape maintenance companies with turf renovations, landscape architect organizations with consulting recommendations. Golf courses with large fairway renovations and installations, municipalities with parks and special athletic turf requirements. Builder/developers with construction erosion control/slope stabilization situations. Including straw blowing, stilt fencing, fiber mats, straw waddle sec. type installations.

Hydroseeding Process
Four basic elements comprise the hydro mulch slurry. Seed, fertilizer, fiber mulch and tackifier. These elements are mixed with water as a slurry mix in a machine mounted mixing tank. Size of our mixing tanks range from 500 gallon trailer mounted to 3000 gallon semi truck mounted, depending on size of job. Under hydraulic pump pressure the slurry is applied through a hose or a mounted cannon, over desired areas. The gun mounted cannon is good for areas accessible to the equipment. Hose applications are ideal for back yard and hard to access locations for vehicles. Up to 1000 feet of hose can make even the most remote job accessible to the process.

Hydroseeding Concept
Hydro seeding or Hydro mulching is a common practical technique of seed establishment. The application lends itself to wide variety of locations and seed species including droughts tolerant lawn grasses, ground covers, wildflowers, meadow & clover mixes, native & specialty grasses and soil erosion blends. Seed mixes can be adjusted for factors and situations as site conditions, irrigation and dryland-native areas lend themselves.

Straw waddles
In situations with long step slops or areas that have no or little natural obstacles to divert or slow down water flow or sediment run off. Straw waddles can be installed. A waddle consists of straw formed flex able tubes that are secured in place with wooden stakes. Designed to break up fast moving water flows and retain sediment from going places not so desired.

Silt Fence
Sediment runoff can be an issue with some erosion sites and situations. Installation of fabric silt fencing can reduce this issue. Designed to allow water to pass through while retain the soil sediment is the idea. Silt fencing can be reinforced in high water volume areas with straw bails as needed. Silt fencing is an easy way to prevent sediment discharged from the site and a good way of being proactive in sediment run off.

Erosion Mats & Blankets
For those situations where hydro seeding alone is not practical or significant and or the weather conditions dictate another approach. Erosion blankets are the answer. Straw is woven into a netting fiber and rolled over the desired area much like laying carpet. The fiber is secured in place to the ground using staple type nails. there are a range of blanket types and sizes to accommodate any project. We can supply and install any combination desired.