Which are the advantages of VIRESCO as compared with the other lawn sowing systems
such as the sod lawn and the manual sowing?
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SOD LAWN | VIRESCO | |
Costs | The product itself, transportation and installation stages are expensive | It is substantially less expensive |
Laying method | Laborious, it requires specialised manpower | Fast, ideal for the DIY |
Storage possibilities | Storage is not possible. The product must be laid down promptly | If stocked in a dry place inside its nylon packaging, the product life is longer than one year |
Maintenance | Especially during the first months it needs maintenance and frequent treatments | The maintenance requirements are reduced to a minimum and there is a low incidence of diseases |
MANUAL SOWING | VIRESCO | |
Costs | Specialised manpower and/or the purchase of sowing machines increase the costs | Overall costs more moderate |
Choice of seed | More or less fortunate advice | All seed mixtures used are designed according to the customer's needs, environmental conditions, climate period, and maintenance possibilities. |
Seed distribution | Skilled personnel or good expertise is required to get excellent results | Anyone can lay down it in an easy and fast way |
Fertilizer distribution | Skilled personnel or good expertise is required to get excellent results | Anyone can lay down it in an easy and fast way |
Maintenance | It must be covered with loam and there is the chance that the seeds are attacked by weeds and pathogens especially during the first months after the sowing | No need to cover Viresco with loam and to resort to gentle watering and new sowings. No weeds and a reduced incidence of diseases |
Run-offs and scouring events | Extreme irrigations and weather phenomena can move or sweep away the seeds so making new sowings necessary | The biotextile holds the seeds and the fertilizer and adheres to the soil as a protective film. Excellent and uniform germination and growth |
Attacks by birds and insects | In several conditions they can eat the seeds | The seeds are well protected and remain longer in the biotextile weft |
Irrigation | The germination stage is very delicate and the terrain must be kept humid | The textile that contains the seeds slow down the excessive water evaporation. |
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