Product Description
FLEXTERRA HP-FGM : The Pinnacle of Profile's Green Design Engineering
Patented Flexterra High Performance - Flexible growth Medium represents the next generation in Flexible growth media - proven to surpass all Hydraulically applied mulch products and rolled erosion control blankets:
- Immediately effective upon application - bonds directly to soil
- Superior erosion control - 99% effective at multiple large-scale tsting laboratories
- Less soil preparation, faster lay down and lower installed cost then rolled blankets
- Faster vegetative establishment and greater biomass productuon than any rolled blanket or hydraulically applied mulch available
- Minimizes soil loss and turbidity of effluent runoff
FLEXTERRA HP-FGM has also proven to be more environmentally friendly:
- 100% recycled wood fibers
- Phyto-sanitized wood fibers eliminate weed seeds and pathogens
- 100% biodegradable man-made fibers
- Naturally derrived biopolymers
- Non-toxic components
- No netting, threads or staples to endanger wildlife
Patented Technologies and Greener Components Deliver Unmatched Performance
Patented new technologies developed through Green Design Engineering, combined with the patented compostion of original Flexterra, are what make Flexterra HP-FGM stand apart from the crowd. Flexterra HP-FGM combines both chemical and mechanical bonding techniques to lock the engineered medium in place and promote accelerated germination with minimal soil loss. Greener from the inside-out, here's what makes it work so well:
PROVEN TO OUTPERFORM IN ANY APPLICATION
Flexterra HP-FGM delivers a nearly perfect balance between three fundamental pillars of performance - erosion control effectiveness, growth establishment and functional longevity - to create the highest performing hydraulically applied medium on the market today.
Nothing Keeps More Soil On Site
Flexterra HP-FGM has demonstrated nearly perfect erosion control performance - even on slopes as severe as 0.25H:1V. It immediately bonds to the soil surface, and has proved to be greater than 99% effective upon curing. Its flexible, yet stable matrix features greater erosion control effectiveness, yielding increased sheet flow resistance. In additional to minimizing soil loss, the turbidity (NTU) of runoff is greater reduced. In large scale testing, Flexterra HP-FGM reduced effluent tubidities of sandy loam soils to less than 100 NTU.
Flexterra HP-FGM is the first erosion control product to offer documented functional longevity based upon ASTM D5338 protocol
Functional longevity is a term describing how long an erosion control material is predicted to provide desired performance attributes. Actual functional longevity is determined by a material's physical composition as well as site-specific condirions such as temperature, moisture, sunlight, soil composition, biological activity and other environmental factors.
The ASTM D5338 protocol confirms Flexterra HP-FGM observed functional longevity of up to 18 months. As illustrated in the test results presented below, Flexterra HP-FGM is proven to last longer than other hydraulically applied erosion control products.
Long-lasting Flecterra HP-FGM is designed to:
- Provide protection on bare soil over periods of dormancy, such as winter or extended dry periods, when seed germination is not possible; yet soil erosion and seed washout can occur from snow melt and runoff
- Flexterra HP-FGM assures that when more optimal growing conditions arrive, the seed and nutrients are still in place and in an environment conductive to germination and emergence.
- Ensure sustainablity of plants
- Emerging seedling need moisture and nutrients near the surface. The exceptional absorptive properties of Flexterra HP-FGM nurture vegetation to better withstand environmental stress
- Accommodate a broad range of vegetative species
- Seed from native and forage grasses, fine turf, shrubs, forbs and other types of vegetation have different germination and establishment requirement. Flexterra HP-FGM protects and helps to cultivate even the slowest developing species.