Top Artificial Turf Manufacturer in Canada
Design Turf of Toronto Canada has been installing artificial turf for twenty-five plus years. The owners being avid golfers for the first time saw an artificial putting green featured on the Golf Channel and immediately knew that this might be a great business starting with the Toronto marketplace. It wasn’t until a few years after negotiating the rights to Canada with the biggest manufacturer in the US to sell their products that an artificial landscape turf was added to their repertoire of products. The green golf business was slower than expected and the timing of the reveal of the new artificial turf was game-changing. The look and feel of the original artificial landscape turf were compelling enough at the time that sales of the artificial turf in Toronto were brisk. Year over year improvements was made to the artificial landscape turf to the point that most homeowners couldn’t tell whether the artificial turf once laid was real grass or synthetic turf.
With over a million square feet of artificial turf installations in Toronto,behind them, Design Turf has accumulated hundreds of very happy Torontonians that are dedicated fans and true advocates of artificial turf.
At the time of artificial turf’s inception it was hard to predict the embrace homeowners would have with faux grass. In just a short period, it became all too apparent that homeowners were not alone in this all too common struggle trying to grow and maintain a healthy lawn.
The success of growing a real grass lawn a lot of conditions has to be in perfect alignment starting with the right soil conditions. It’s the case with new properties that builders would remove precious topsoil, and when the house was built, builders would bring in substandard soils at a lower cost, making turf grass growing difficult, if not impossible.
Over the years, a lot of properties, soils dimish in nutrient value- to the extent that creates conditions to have multiple times a year a fertilizer program.
Also necessary for growing and maintaining a good lawn and in no particular order, lawns need a regular supply of water, a minimum of 6 hours of sunshine each day and air temperature of 16 to 24 degrees C, a slightly acidic soil pH (6.0 to 6.5).
Other essentials of a good lawn are raking in the spring to remove thatch. Raking allows air and water to reach the soil and roots of existing grass.
Aeration in both the spring and fall, using a special machine poking holes into the soil, loosening compacted dirt and allowing water, air and nutrients to reach the grassroots.
Seeding the yard heavily in the spring and keep it watered as new grass establishes; give it additional water during the high heat of summer and any drought. Seed it again in the fall to get a head start on new spring growth.
Alo essential is fertilizing the lawn several times during the growing season to provide additional nutrients. Opt for a weed and weed type product that kills a variety of weeds that compete with new grass.
Even if all or most conditions are met, homeowners are still cautioned to keep moderate foot traffic.
If homeowners can live with the conditions, they will still have to mow weekly.
Alternatively, the latest developments in artificial turf have led to the creation of a new artificial turf that not only looks and feels like real grass, but the newest entrée stays almost as cool as real grass. Design Turf’s newest product, Fairlawn, has a new Dual fiber, making the life expectancy upwards of thirty years. This artificial turf drains a whopping 437 gallons per hour even faster than a natural lawn.
Design Turf is betting that homeowners each year are more and more willing to make the switch from a never-ending struggle of a natural lawn to great artificial turf that virtually is maintenance and headache-free.