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20 Mar

Agriox on approaches. A throwback Thursday photo collection of using Geoponics Agriox, which is an aerobic aeration conditioning product for soils and soil moisture providing critical life sustaining oxygen to microorganisms.

Agriox’s slow release of oxygen promotes overall soil health secondary to aerobic ecological sustainability in an environmentally proactive way. Superintendents have found year after year in their continued use of Agriox that the increase in soil oxygen allows for reduction of fertilizers, fungicides and pesticides due to increased plant sustainability making being environmentally friendly affordable. – See more at: https://www.geoponicscorp.com/soil-conditioners/agriox/#sthash.GJFvbSQ3.dpuf

Agriox applied to approaches, solving anaerobic soil conditions with time released oxygen.
Agriox applied to approaches, solving anaerobic soil conditions with time released oxygen.
Agriox adds oxygen to soil
Agriox applied to approaches for a slow release of oxygen promoting soil health in an environmentally proactive way.
Agriox: the solution to anaerobic soil
Superintendents find the increase in soil oxygen reduces fertilizers, fungicides and pesticides due to increased plant sustainability.
Agriox
Providing life sustaining oxygen for anaerobic soil with Agriox quickly restores soil and plant health inexpensively.
Agriox, the solution to anaerobic soil
Learn more about agriox here.
Agriox for aerobic soil
Agriox is a slow released soil conditioner providing life sustaining oxygen for anaerobic soil.
18 Mar

Golf Course Superintendent Rob Vaughan of Brunswick Plantation Golf Resort kicked off a trend of painting fairways in Myrtle Beach three years ago, spurring others in the area to follow suit in recent years.

Now, three years later the trend is going national and international as told in Superintendent Magazine by writer Anthony Pioppi.

Turf Paint
www.TurfPaint.net

Since 2011, about nine other courses in the Myrtle Beach area have followed suit using turf colorant, particularly as an alternative to overseed.

The estimate is that in Florida nearly 30 courses are painting fairways, and the trend has spread to Arizona, Georgia and Alabama, as well as England, Italy and Australia– that list continues to grow quickly.

“We did it for turf health. We did it for economics,” says Vaughan, who has been bestowed the nickname “Dr. Paint,” of the course’s reason for abandoning overseeding.

Vaughan notes that by painting instead of growing ryegrass, he is saving $75,000 annually at the 27-hole course, and that includes the cost for painting, which averages about $15,000 a year.

Vaughan lauds the product effectiveness as does Jennifer Seevers, the turf colorants division manager at Naples, Fla.-based Geoponics Earth Chemistries, which supplies Vaughan with his colorants.

Greener Pastures: Golf Course Superintendents save time and money painting fairways with Endurant Turf Colorant

Superintendent Magazine: Growing trend, painting fairways is saving golf course superintendents time and money, while being a more environmentally sustainable option.

Geoponics recently released its newest Endurant Turf Colorant. Endurant FW.

Read more about the growing trend of painting fairways here.

Learn more about Endurant Turf Colorants, including Endurant TC (for dormant grass), Endurant TE (with turf enhancer for actively growing grass) and the newest Endurant FW (specifically formualted for use on fairways by contacting Geoponics Turf Colorant Division Manager Jennifer Seevers, jseevers@geoponicscorp.com, calling 1-877-ECO-GROW (1-877-326-4769) or emailing info@geoponicscorp.com– or contact your sales representative directly.

Endurant turf paints also include colorants for mulch, pine straw and ponds.
The trend is catching on because it saves time and money! It’s more environmentally responsible than overseed!

08 Mar
Endurant turf paint provides an instant, natural-looking and lasting deep green.
Upclose: Endurant turf paint provides an instant, natural-looking and lasting deep green.

Turf paint beats overseed!

Painting saves time, water, money and other resources compared with overseed.

Endurant Turf Colorant is the BEST on the market.

Endurant turf colorants are so easy to apply. Look at the vibrant difference seen immediately here at the Dallas, Texas Turf Paint field day.
Endurant turf colorants are so easy to apply. Look at the vibrant difference seen immediately here at the Dallas, Texas Turf Paint field day

 

 

 

 

Call 1-877-ECO-GROW to learn more today or email info@geoponicscorp.com

 

A little goes a long way with this lasting turf colorant. Dallas Texas had a field day with Endurant Turf Paint recently.
A little goes a long way with this lasting turf colorant. Dallas Texas had a field day with Endurant Turf Paint recently.

The Endurant turf colorant line from Geoponics includes Endurant TC, Endurant TE  and now….

 

Endurant FW 

 

 

 

 

Turf Painting Field Day in Dallas, Texas with Endurant Turf Colorant.
Turf Painting Field Day in Dallas, Texas with Endurant Turf Colorant.

Endurant TC from Geoponics is the most popular paint among golf course superintendents for use on dormant grass.

Endurant TE has turf enhancer for actively growing grass to boost health of the soil and plant.

Endurant FW is now specifically formulated for use on FAIRWAYS. Sales for Endurant FW are growing at a record pace.

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01 Dec

What is the best type of Christmas tree? There is no right answer, of course! However, here are some things to consider when choosing between a cut tree, an artificial tree and a living tree. Here are ways to factor in your space, budget and tastes, while also keeping the environment in mind when deciding whether to purchase a live, fake or cut tree.

 

cut tree Christmas recycle
A cut Christmas tree is great if you don’t have space to store a tree and you can recycle it after the holidays.

Cut tree

Pros:

1) Fragrant

2) Many sizes to fit your space

3) Many types, such as fir, spruce and pine

4) They can be recycled

 

Cons:

1) Some people are allergic

2) Pesticides and chemicals can be used to grow them

3) They can dry out easily causing a fire hazard

artificial_christmas_tree
Artificial Christmas trees may lead to less waste and be the economical choice.

Artificial Trees

Pros:

1) Can potentially be less expensive than purchasing a cut or live tree annually

2) Non allergy prone

3) No waste to deal with after the holidays

4) No worries about watering

Cons:

1) The manufacturing process can include chemicals and methods that can harm the environment

2) Can be expensive or difficult to find a realistic-looking tree

3) You need space to store the tree throughout the year

 

Live Christmas tree
A live Christmas tree can be the best environmental option if your landscape could use a tree.

Live trees

Pros:

1) Great way to add to your landscape if you were looking to add a tree

2) Can be the best environmental choice.

3) Fragrant

4) Several varieties are available, so it’s important to find one best for your climate

Cons:

1) They can be quite heavy with the roots and soil

2) Many can’t live indoors very long

3) Frozen dirt can pose a challenge for planting in some areas

4)  Some varieities may not look like the traditional Christmas tree shape

 

Got frost? How to  deal with frost on your turf and landscape: www.TurfFrost.com 

27 Nov

Endurant turf colorant and turf paints are highlighted in a story published in the Brunswick Beacon. Read the full story here.

Welcome to the world of colorants.

Spraying the golf course with green pigments in the fall is the latest big deal in golf course maintenance. It’s good for the environment, it’s great for the golf course and helps keep golf affordable.

I went to Brunswick Plantation and spoke with Rob Vaughn, the golf course superintendent and nationally recognized guru of colorants. I watched as they “painted” the course and was amazed to see brown fairways change into a beautiful shade of green right before my eyes.

“For years, golf courses in our area overseeded with rye grass each fall,” Vaughn said.

“Golfers want to play on green grass. Unfortunately, our southern Bermudagrass goes dormant during the winter months and turns brown. Courses that overseeded and were green during the winter got more play, and soon everyone was putting down rye grass seed in the fall.

Problems with overseed

“The problems with this were many. To  grow the seed, we had to water excessively each fall and that made the fairways soft and mushy. There was no roll to the ball. It was often plugged or covered in mud. Golfers were forced to play cart-path-only rules.
“In the spring, as the Bermudagrass woke up, it competed with the dying rye grass and we had patchy conditions for weeks. Basically, conditions were not great during the spring and fall, the best seasons to play golf in this area.”

Players love colorant, turf health benefits

Shawn Hicken is the head golf professional at Brunswick Plantation. He is delighted with the response to colorizing the fairways and greens.
“Our players love it,” he said. “The ball goes farther and that’s good in the winter, when you’re wearing extra clothing. The greens are fast and that’s always a plus. The fairways are green and the rough is brown, so the definition of each hole is excellent. There are no negatives.”

As I watched the sprayer move across the fairway, leaving a swath of green in its wake, Vaughn explained that colorants are good for the grass. They are made of natural pigments that bond to the grass and keep it warmer and protected during the winter months.

“I’ve taken temperature readings of turf that’s been sprayed and unsprayed turf. The grass that has been
 colorized is always warmer,” he said. “The spray-on colorants protect the grass, plus we add iron to it and that is absorbed during the winter months. Because of colorants, we are cutting our Bermudagrass much earlier in the spring.”

Colorants save thousands of dollars

Vaughn has been a pioneer in the use of colorants since he first began using them on his greens in 2007. At that time, the economy was down and so were rounds of golf. He knew if he could color his fairways as well as the greens, he could eliminate the cost of the seed and save on water, fertilizers, weed killers and other chemicals.

Since dormant grass does not need to be cut, savings on labor costs would be enormous.
The next year Vaughn tried various components on the one nine and came up with a combination that worked. The grass was green and stayed green all winter long. Previously, colorants had turned blue after a few weeks, something neither superintendents nor the golfing public wanted.
Today, all 27 holes at Brunswick Plantation are sprayed with colorants and Vaughn estimates he saves nearly $75,000 a year with better results for golfers and his turf.
Vaughn likes to share his knowledge and his stories with other superintendents.

Several years ago, one fellow superintendent complimented Vaughn on his rye grass and was incredulous when Rob laughed and said it was paint.
“The guy had to walk over and look at the turf closely to see that it was colorized Bermudagrass,” Vaughn laughs.

In the last few years, Vaughn has become a leader in the movement to colorize golf courses. He has worked with the Dr. Grady Miller, agronomy professor at N.C. State University, and with Patrick O’Brien, agronomist for the Southeastern Region of the United States Golf Association (USGA).
Representatives from Pinehurst No.2 came down several times to inspect Vaughn’s work. Last year, Pinehurst No. 2 was colorized and it was done again this fall. Next year, both the men’s U.S. Open and the women’s U.S. Open will take place there. They want optimum conditions for the two events and coloring the golf course will help them attain that. The men’s Open is June 12-15; the women’s Open is June 19-22.
Special maintenance issues arise when a golf course is colorized instead of overseeded.

“Cups cannot be moved around as much, because they will not heal,” Vaughn said. “The greens are faster, so we must be careful about where those pin placements are. If a green is rolling at a 12 on the stimpmeter (a device that measures the speed of putts on greens), you cannot put the pin on a slope or the bottom of a mound.”  
Some courses that are using colorants on greens and fairways are still overseeding their tees. If a course has small tees that are well used, divots will not heal as quickly, so it might be better to overseed those areas with ryegrass.
“We also try to remember that the paint is only as good as the canvas,” Vaughn said.  “We want our grass thick and healthy before we apply the colorants. We usually do a light application of colorants in the fall and then the heavier stuff in December. With no competing ryegrass, the Bermuda is ready to perk up and start growing at the end of February.”

Last week, I drove down to the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, where the Carolina Section of the Golf Course Superintendents Association was holding its annual conference and trade show.

Benefits of organic Endurant turf colorant

I spoke with Jennifer Seevers of Geoponics, the company that produces Endurant Organic Colorants. Vaughn and Seevers have worked together to produce a natural looking shade, testing various pigments on Brunswick Plantation fairways over the past few years. Endurant is the product that is sprayed on the fairways and greens there.  


“This my passion,” Seevers said. “It doesn’t feel like work, although I travel all over the country. Our colorants are sold in five international locations and we’re waiting for a contract with Australia.
“Colorants have become huge in our western states because of the water restrictions there. Water tables have been dropping in places like California, Arizona and Nevada. Some courses are paying $l million a year for water. If they can green up those courses during the winter months by using colorants, the price of golf course maintenance goes down, the cost of membership goes down, the cost of a round of golf goes down. It’s a boon for everyone.”

Colorants in the NFL

Check out the playing field when you watch college or NFL football next weekend. In most cases, that grass has been colorized. The same with baseball diamonds next spring. The colorants make the grass brilliant for the TV cameras.  
I imagine this movement growing. In the future I might buy colorants at my local hardware store and spray them on my lawn each fall. Perfectly green grass all winter with no mowing.
 Now there’s an idea whose time has come.

Full story here.

25 Nov

Geoponics introduces Endurant mulch colorant (MulchColorant.net)

Saving valuable resources, being good to the environment and having a gorgeous landscape– that’s what Geoponics is about. Endurant Mulch Colorant is a natural product of those goals.

mulchcolorant.net Endurant mulch paint
Watch landscape borders pop when Endurant mulch colorant is applied to grayish, faded brown horticulture waste. The transformation is a fraction of the cost & time to install new mulch.

Home owners are learning what golf course and landscape managers have known for years– there’s a smart way to keep mulch, pine straw and landscape borders gorgeous. Endurant mulch colorant is easy to apply and economical. (application information here.)

Endurant mulch paint logo

It’s so easy and inexpensive to turn horticulture waste into gorgeous mulch using Endurant colorant for mulch, pinestraw and bark!  Once you’ve used it, you won’t want to care for your landscape borders any other way. Endurant mulch colorant allows landscape, golf course and property managers or owners to keep their landscapes always looking fresh and vibrant without it costing a fortune in installing new mulch.

Visit www.MulchColorant.net for more testimonials, before and after photographs and an opporutnity to purchase the lowest-priced way to spruce up your mulch or pinestraw!

It’s available in several colors. There is one perfect for you.

 

23 Nov

Reporter Alan Blondin of Myrtle Beach Sun News features practice of coloring versus overseeding

View the orginal article here.

MYRTLE BEACH — Grand Strand golf course operators have always assumed green is the color of choice for visiting golfers in the winter and early spring.

It’s the reason courses have gone through the expense of overseeding for decades with cool-weather grasses poa trivialis on greens and ryegrass on tees and fairways while warm-weather Bermudagrass is dormant.

In increasing numbers, course operators and superintendents are becoming more and more comfortable with another way to achieve being green.

The proliferation of fine-bladed ultradwarf Bermudas on greens on the Strand over the past decade also brought about the policy of coloring dormant Bermuda greens rather than overseeding.

Behind the lead of Brunswick Plantation superintendent Rob Vaughan, that trend is working its way down fairways.

Brunswick Plantation was the first Strand course to color fairways green in 2010, and at least seven other area public-access courses are coloring fairways this winter.

“We put ryegrass down to give it definition and color, because everybody wants it green,” Vaughan said. “We can do the same thing with colorants or pigments, and instead of being on ryegrass say nine months out of the year and Bermuda three, I can now be on Bermuda 10 months and colorants two, under a normal situation. In February, I’ll be mowing Bermudagrass again.”

The result of coloring for players is firmer, faster course conditions, particularly during the fall golf season when watering of seeding is avoided, and the coldest months when the Bermuda is in full dormancy. “The USGA is pushing a fast, hard, firm golf course, and ryegrass just can’t deliver that,” Vaughan said.

Turf colorant pioneer, Rob Vaughan, golf course superintendent of Brunswick Plantation
Turf colorant pioneer, Rob Vaughan, golf course superintendent of Brunswick Plantation

Fairway coloring was among the topics broached at the Carolinas Golf Course Superintendents Association Conference and Trade Show at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center from Monday through Wednesday.

The only things overseeded at Brunswick Plantation are tee boxes because the ryegrass can handle the heavy traffic on a confined area better than dormant Bermuda.

Vaughan wanted to experiment with coloring on fairways on nine of Brunswick Plantation’s 27 holes in 2010, but owner Mason Anderson took a chance by opting to do every hole.

Jennifer Seevers of the Geoponics Corporation, which sells organic fertilizers, took coloring samples from Vaughan and co-developed an organic coloring product called Endurant. She helped Vaughan change applications and variables on each hole to fully study the product’s effectiveness. “We did 27 holes 27 different ways,” Seevers said. “Every hole was an experiment.”

Vaughan received the same amount of money as if he were overseeding. “We went all in,” Vaughan said. “It took me awhile to dial things in with nozzles, pressures, rates, etc., but after about the 25th hole we got it dialed in.”

Older coloring agents had a tendency to fade to a blue color, leaving a Smurf turf, but the new Geoponic product co-developed by Seevers remains green through its fading. “As soon as it hit the ground I said, ‘This is a home run. This is it,’” Vaughan said.

The heavy watering of ryegrass in the fall creates soft and wet conditions and often results in cart path-only policies during the fall season. Coloring also avoids a transition period throughout the spring in which reviving Bermuda has to compete with dying ryegrass for supremacy.

“There are some economic factors involved, but it’s overall general turf appearance and health, and not having to go through the transition in the spring,” Vaughan said. “I like it because I know what I’ve got year-round. Nothing is covered up, and you can keep your property weed-free easier.”

Courses on the Strand opting to color fairways this year using Geoponics products include Caledonia Golf & Fish Club for the second consecutive year, International Club of Myrtle Beach, Crown Park, Brick Landing, Carolina National and private courses DeBordieu and Wachesaw Plantation. Black Bear and Burning Ridge are coloring fairways with a different product brand.

“It’s catching on,” Vaughan said. “You just have to get the golfer educated.”

The USGA Green Section’s Southeast region director, Pat O’Brien, projects that within five years as few as a handful of courses in resort areas like Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head will overseed fairways.

A number of courses in Virginia and North Carolina are also coloring fairways this winter, including Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, N.C., which will host the U.S. men’s and women’s opens on consecutive weeks in June. Pinehurst Resort operators opted to bypass overseeding after analyzing the winter conditions at Brunswick Plantation.

The Geoponics Endurant TE Turf Enhancer, ENDURANT-TE, pigment recommended for actively growing Bermuda and Endurant Turf colorant recommended for dormant Bermuda are both organic and won’t harm turf.

In addition to being able to bypass transition periods, Vaughan said the green coloring stimulates Bermuda growth in winter months because it absorbs the sun’s heat. Vaughan did a temperature study on a 50-degree day in February 2010 and found his painted greens were 68 degrees an inch below the surface, the painted fairways were 62 degrees and the brown dormant rough was below 50 degrees.

Vaughan sees few negatives to coloring, though courses with a lot of play may be concerned the turf will get too beat up during its dormancy, and as the winter progresses greens tend to get faster and fairway lies tend to get tighter.

Coloring is cost-effective, and will likely become more so in coming years because of the rising cost of ryegrass seed, which increased 15 percent to more than $1 per pound this year and is expected to increase another 15 percent or so next year. Farmers in the west are growing less ryegrass seed, which has to be transported to the East Coast.

“I can buy enough pigment to color the golf course cheaper than I can overseed, then the savings on fuel, water, electricity, labor, machinery and fertilizer is unbelievable,” Vaughan said.

Contact Sun News reporter ALAN BLONDIN at 626-0284.

Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/11/20/3852280/myrtle-beach-area-courses-finding.html#storylink=cpy
19 Nov

TurfPaint.net

Media contact:

Jim Davis

Foster-Gardner

1577 1st St., Coachlla

(760) 578-0023

(877) ECO-GROW

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Foster-Gardner provides water savings, environmentally friendly turf alternative at Bagdouma Park

 

Coachella, California (November 18, 2013) – The City of Coachella is taking a leading role in environmentally friendly landscape management. Bagdouma Park, located in the City of Coachella, will implement the latest water saving and environmentally friendly cool season turf alternatives.

 

The park is to use a more innovative approach for their winter turf maintenance preparing with a new liquid over-seeding technology. These organic turf colorants, called liquid overseed by turf experts, are environmentally safe and a proven alternative to the scalping and turf renovating over-seed practices common in the Coachella Valley.

 

The net benefits are water savings, fertilizer cost savings, seed cost elimination and a quick transition to usable turf.

 

This liquid overseed being applied is a Naples, Fla.-based Geoponics product. The leading brand for its natural-looking and lasting results, Endurant turf colorant, is a proven product used in the South Eastern U.S. for years. Endurant TC was recently introduced by Foster-Gardner, Inc. to the Coachella Valley region.

 

Endurant TC has provided a huge cost savings to users, saving an average $940 per acre, not including the money saved through water conservation. Water management and conservation are increasingly important and the City of Coachella, along with Foster-Gardner and Geoponics Corporation are taking a lead in finding new ways to protect the critical natural resources of the earth.

 

The application of Endurant TC is tentatively scheduled at Bagdouma Park, 51711 Douma St., Coachella, Calif., 10 a.m. Thursday. The project will offer a brilliant visual with before and after photographs of the application available.

 

Contact application coordinator Jim Davis, of Foster-Gardner, (760) 578-0023, for additional information and Endurant application scheduling.

 

City of Coachella, www.coachella.org

Geoponics Corporation, www.GeoponicsCorp.com

Endurant, www.TurfPaint.net

Foster-Gardner: www.FosterGardnerCV.com

1-877-ECO-GROW

08 Nov

Below is a news story from the Nov. 1, 2013, edition of the Naples Daily News. We highlighted some of our favorite sections. If you’re looking for additional ways to conserve water and minimize unnecessary irrigation times, check out www.soilsurfactants.com and contact Geoponics at 1-877-ECO-GROW for a consultation on how to conserve water with your given circumstances. 

NAPLES — Many Southwest Floridians called for the September rain to go away — their wishes came true in October.

The higher than average rainfall during the summer was followed by a particularly dry October throughout Collier and Lee counties.

“We had a very wet, wet season. We went into the dry season with substantial water on the ground. Those water levels can decline rapidly,” said Randy Smith, spokesman for the South Florida Water Management District.

Water conservation efforts look to be more important than ever in Southwest Florida as winter approaches, Smith said.

“We’re having a dry start to the dry season and we’re getting the indication that it will continue to be drier than average,” Smith said.

Rainfall in September averaged about 11 inches in Naples and Fort Myers, significantly more than the approximate 8.5-inch rainfall average. October rainfall in the same areas was less than 1.5 inches — far less than the average.

That’s just 37 percent of the average October rainfall, Smith said.

The National Weather Service forecast calls for a drier than average winter and spring in Southwest Florida.

Fire professionals and turf experts said that forecast isn’t always reliable.

“Those forecasts really vary,” Golden Gate Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Nolan Sapp said.

He doesn’t disregard the possibility of a particularly dry season though.

“The drought index for Collier County is already 400 on a scale of zero to 800. Small brush fires already are starting to occur and that drought index is creeping up,” Sapp said.

The uptick in brush fires is a little early, as it’s usually mid- to late November or even December by the time brush fires become an issue. The peak brush fire season is the spring, he said.

“As we seem to be moving into the dry season rather quickly, the weather is getting better and people are burning yard debris, having barbecues or fire pits. We just recommend they exercise care and that all safeguards are in place,” Sapp said.

He recommends calling the nearest fire department and letting officials there know of any plans to burn lawn and landscape debris.

Sometimes, burning isn’t authorized for residents due to wind conditions combined with low humidity, as was the case the last week of October, Sapp said.

Also, it’s time to be sure not to throw out burning cigarette butts, as they frequently are the cause of roadside fires, he said.

Just as the weather change brings increased fire prevention efforts, it also brings added water management issues, water district and turf experts said.

“It is drying up, finally,” said Jim Phelps, a representative of Geoponics, a Naples-based supplier of landscape and turf products.

The rain had put a damper on sales and productivity for many turf-related companies in September, he said.

“In some spots, it is drying very rapidly now. I have golf course superintendents telling me to pray for rain. Imagine that. The very same course just about four weeks ago was under water,” Phelps said.

The drier than average weather means water conservation efforts are becoming more important, Smith said

“What makes the biggest difference is reducing landscape irrigation,” Smith said.

About 50 percent of the water produced by utility companies is used on landscape irrigation in Southwest Florida, he said, citing University of Florida studies.

Rain is the only way to replenish water supplies. Residential, industrial and agricultural users consume much of the water, Smith said.

“Golf courses in the big scheme of things are small users. Entire neighborhoods, multiplied by cities, make a substantial impact on water usage and conservation efforts,” he said.

Reducing irrigation time, fixing leaks inside and outside the home, shortening showers, washing full loads of laundry and using low-flow faucets are among the top conservation tips offered by Smith.

“I feel very strongly, if we could just hammer in these water conservation efforts, we could make a big difference,” he said.

Other ways to use less water on landscaping is to increase soil quality.

Dozens of golf courses are resodding due to soil holding water for too long in September.

“The use of organic products and/or humates (humic acids) will also help manage moisture as well as supply nutrition in a variety of ways,” Phelps said.

He didn’t discount Weather Service forecasts for a particularly dry season ahead, but said a lot of land managers use a different source.

“Many, many golf guys adhere to the Farmers’ Almanac,” Phelps said.

According to the Farmers’ Almanac, this Southwest Florida winter will be colder than normal, with rainfall below normal in the northern part of the region and above normal on the southern side.

THIS NEWS STORY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NAPLES DAILY NEWS. The original story source can be found by clicking here.

Solutions from Geoponics include:

  • Humawet: Soil penetrant and humate
  • HydroGro: Alkaline and acid soluble potassium humate
  • Penterra: Soil penetrant and soil surfactant for hydrophobic profiles and horizons, aggregates soils- including clay, allows water and oxygen to better reach roots
  • Agriox: Time released aerobic aeration for soil moisture providing oxygen to microorganisms
  • HydraHawk: 100 percent all natural soil surfactant, promotes moderate penetration while balancing moisture in soil horizon zones.
  • Other soilsurfactants and Geoponics earth-friendly products: Detox to reduce salts, precipitate sodium. FertaFlow: 100 % organic maintains amino acids, vitamins, hormones, enzymes, etc. for healthy turf, flowers, shrubs and trees. Carbotein: for soil or hydroponic growers, promotes plant growth great for flowers, fruits, other plants. Grizzly Foliars: nutrients for exceptional turfgrass and botanicals.
22 Oct

How can you tell if you are overwatering? Check for these tell-tale signs.

  • Roots are stunted or rotting. When the soil is soaked, roots can’t get enough oxygen and start to die.
  • Plant is wilting. It cannot absorb moisture with dying roots. When you see this symptom, check how wet the soil is to know if the plant has too much or not enough water.
  • Plant stopped growing, because it can’t get moisture or nutrients from the soil.
  • Yellow leaves grow on the plant. This process starts from the bottom of the plant.
  • Gray mold appears on the plant. Fungi love to grow where there is moisture. Fungus is likely attacking the overwatered plant.
  • Soil is greenish in color. Algae are growing on the surface of the soil. They are harmless, but indicate over watering.
  • Stem is soft and mushy – that means it has started to rot.
  • Soggy soil

signs you're overwatering your plant

How can you save those plants?

Whether your plant is overwatered or underwatered Penterra can help your plants become joyous and healthy again!

Penterra Benefits:

  • Reduces chances of overwatering – By decreasing the surface tension between soil and water allowing the plant to absorb water more efficiently
  • Promotes and maintains growth and health – Improves the growth and activity of microorganisms necessary for a healthy soil environment
  • Promotes a strong root foundation for your plants nutrients By allowing water and oxygen to reach plant roots
  • Loosens hard clay soil, compacted soil, and aggregates sandy soils, Which reduces plant stress and promotes healthy growth
  • Extremely fast, economical, and environmentally friendly

 

Wetting Agent for overwatered and underwatered plants

Don’t Lose Your Plants!

Bring back joy, beauty, and health into your plants life with Penterra!


 

Looking to promote and maintain healthy growth for larger areas like: gardens, golf courses, and landscapes? Be sure to check out www.Agriox.com a revolutionary conditioning product for soils and soil moisture. That provides critical life-sustaining oxygen to microorganisms to get oxygen into the soil when dealing with various causes of anaerobic conditions.