FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 16, 2016

Contact: Robert G. Herring

Director, Sales & Marketing

Green Resource, LLC

(336) 855-6363

GREEN RESOURCE BECOMES GEOPONICS DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE CAROLINAS

COLFAX, North Carolina — May 16, 2016 — Green Resource was selected to become a full line distributor of Geoponics for the Carolinas.

Geoponics is the genius behind the critically-acclaimed Endurant Turf Colorant, an organic pigment manufactured with binders chosen specifically for excellent adherence to turfgrass. This ensures the color remains full and rich, providing a natural looking green that is consistent and long-lasting. Its visual appeal is unmatched by any other brand on the market. It is suitable for use over a wide range including, but not limited to: golf courses tees, greens and fairways, athletic parks, common areas and lawns.

Jonathan Annas, an executive for Green Resource had this comment, “We continue to conduct worldwide searches for Best-In-Class products. Endurant Turf Colorant meets our rigid standards of product excellence and performance. We are excited to be offering this product.”

Green Resource

Green Resource is a prominent distributor, of professional-grade fertilizer, chemicals, native and turfgrass seed, and erosion control products sold from five strategically-located warehouses. The company serves golf courses, lawn care operators, grounds maintenance companies, nurseries, retail lawn and garden centers, greenhouses, and prominent landscaping firms throughout the Southeast.

Geoponics Corporation

Geoponics Corporation is an environmentally friendly company which supplies products and services to green municipalities, future minded businesses and environmentally conscious retail consumers. With concentrations in lawn and garden, golf course maintenance, organic, veganic and hydroponic farming, hydroseeding, green construction, soil stabilization, lake, stormwater and wetland management, Geoponics is a leader in the Green Industries’ global move towards affordable natural resource sustainability.

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Endurant PR: Perennial Rye Grass Colorant

Endurant has a full line of turfgrass colorants to match the most popular turfgrass species. Endurant PR is perennial rye grass colorant to provide the color of the vibrant and popular bright green of perennial rye.

Choosing the application rate is as important as choosing the shade of green. So once you know it’s perennial rye grass colorant that you desire, now you need to select the best application rate. Application rates vary based on many factors including the current shade of grass, current depth of color and desired depth of color. Dormant grass that is completely brown due to drought or dormancy might do better with a higher application rate while grass that is still producing chlorophyl through photosynthesis will have more green color in the grass blade already and may require lower application rates.

Endurant PR’s recommended application rates for fairways range from 6 to 10 gallons per acre. Endurant PR is recommended to be applied on greens at rates of 2 to 5 gallons per acre. Below you see the results of a lower application rate providing a lighter green compared with the higher application rate that provides a brighter green. The colorant is the same and both are applied to dormant turf, but the resulting color depth creates a very different effect based on the application rate.

Here is a look at Endurant PR perennial rye grass colorant applied at a lower than average application rate at Legacy Hills golf course in Georgetown, TX.

Endurant PR, Perennial Rye Grass Colorant, was applied at a rate of 2 gallons per acre to give the look of lighter perennial rye grass.

Endurant TE is the colorant for providing the spring time green of healthy turf. Endurant TE is specially formulated for actively growing grass intended for use from spring transition until approaching dormancy conditions occur. TE provides the natural looking green associated with actively growing healthy turf.

Endurant TE turf enhancer for providing springtime green vibrant grass

Endurant TE is easy to use and mix with other products. TE turf colorant provides color uniformity and vibrancy. The TE colorant, like all Endurant products in the full line of colorants, can mask the discoloration from chemical treatments or other turf challenges. Best of all, TE provides a lush green appearance on a regular basis making it a popular colorant for golf course superintendents seeking to please their most discerning club members and guests.

Endurant TE is equipment friendly and tank-mix compatible with fertilizers and other chemicals.

TE is to be applied at a rate of 16 to 24 ounces per acre. Increase or decrease the application rate to reach the desired color depth. Turf conditions such as chlorophyl levels and rate of photosynthesis, equipment calibration and other conditions influencing grass depth of color cause coverage rates to vary.

Check out these photos of Endurant TE turf enhancer colorant applied to a golf course in Florida.

Endurant TE was applied at the rate of 20 ounces per acre on fairways at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club where golf course superintendents are expected to maintain impeccably, lively green grass all year long

Check out the effects of various application rates when using Endurant Premium turf colorant.

Photos of various Endurant Premium application rates help golf course superintendents to select the optimal colorant and rate for the desired look to fit their property, members and guests. Endurant turf colorants have been used by golf course superintendents for years, but are also popular with landscape professionals, homeowners, sport field managers, home owners’ associations, sod growers, municipalities and many other users.

Endurant Premium is the ultra concentrated organic pigment in the Endurant line of colorant that is blended with binders for optimal coverage and lasting durability. Of the colorants in the Endurant line, Endurant Premium is rich, deep green. Other colorants in the line include Endurant FW for fairways, Endurant PR for a perennial rye look, Endurant TE turf enhancer for actively growing grass and Endurant TC, the original colorant. Learn more about the full line at www.TurfPaint.net.

Check out various Endurant Premium application rates on dormant turf in Texas

Endurant Premium application rates ranging from 1 gallon per acre to 3 gallons per acre:

More photos of Endurant Premium application rates

Endurant turf colorants come in  multiple shades of green and multiple concentrations. The Endurant line of colorants are formulated to match the most popular varieties of turfgrass species, including bermuda grass, perennial rye grass and others. All of the Endurant blends are highly concentrated. Endurant is often referred to as “liquid overseed” by golf course superintendents who prefer Endurant over the practice of overseeding, over-watering and over-fertilizing.

Endurant TC, the original blend of turf colorant is formulated to match the widely popular species of bermuda grass. Endurant FW is an even more highly concentrated blend of organic pigments to provide the deep green associated with golf course fairways. Endurant Premium, the deepest green formulation of turf colorant, and Endurant PR, for a bright perennial rye grass, are two other options in the Endurant line. Especially unique is Endurant TE, the turf enhancer colorant that is formulated for actively growing grass.

Check out these recent photos of various Endurant FW application rates to help guide your decision in colorant and rates

Once you’ve selected Endurant FW as the shade of green you desire, you will want to select the best application rate. Learn more about how to paint for professionals here. When considering the application rate, the desired depth of color is the most important element to consider. The depth of color will be obtained by the combination of the colorant and the amount of green pigment in the grass blade if the grass is not in dormancy and is still providing green through chlorophyl and the photosynthesis process. A higher application rate might be considered for dormant turf that is lacking green color and is instead completely brown or straw-like yellow.

Check out these photos of Endurant FW applied at various rates at golf courses in Naples, Florida and West Palm Beach, Florida. Both of these clubs are located in south Florida, with Naples on the west coast of the state and West Palm Beach on the east coast of Florida. Endurant FW is highly concentrated for the deep green sought for fairways.

Endurant FW in Florida

Geoponics and WinField Solutions partner to provide an opportunity to learn how Endurant colorants can provide creative solutions for turf and landscape care. The event, the Turf and Landscape Painting Field Day Seminar, featured Endurant turf colorants.

Check out these clips of Endurant applied on St. Augustine turfgrass:

#Endurant https://t.co/e2GJAqouCt on St Augustine #sod #liquidoverseed pic.twitter.com/zM5MJemYMP

— Geoponics Corp (@geoponics) March 3, 2016

Landscapers and Sod Growers Having a Field Day

WinField & Geoponics showcase Endurant turf colorants

The Turf Paint Field Day, held March 2, offered sod growers, golf course superintendents, landscape professionals and others an opportunity to learn about colorants, their multiple application methods, equipment, choosing a color and many other aspects of painting grass and landscapes.

Endurant provides colorants in several shades of green to match the most popular turfgrass varieties. Sod growers and golf course superintendents take advantage of the varieties and shades of green ranging from Endurant PR for a bright vibrant perennial rye grass to a rich, forest green provided by Endurant Premium and often used on a variety of bermuda grasses and other types.

Turf Paint Field Day at Winfield Solutions, Boynton Beach, Florida:

Endurant provides colorant that can be used in countless applications including: matching multiple turfgrass species with various shades of greens to be used on home lawns, golf courses, ballparks, sod farms,  government maintained parks, street medians, shrubs, trees, mulch and even ponds.

Check out photos: Turf Paint Field Day

Learn more Visit: www.TURFPAINT.net and buy Endurant.

Pinehurst Seminar in February offers demonstrations and samples of Endurant turf colorants

USGA Green Section sponsored a workshop at Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina that brought together experts in turf colorants. Several of the most experienced golf course superintendents shared how they used colorants, particularly for fairways.

In his recent blog, Carolina Greenkeeper shared his thoughts about the trip to the Pinehurst Colorant Seminar with Assistant Superintendent Ben Albrecht. Here is what he had to say (then, read the rest of his blog here):

“It was a great opportunity for us to see first hand and learn tips and techniques from guys that have been doing it better for longer (this is year two of coloring fairways at Carolina).  Anyway, I found the workshop to be very informative and hopefully you will notice improved results in future applications as we continue to strive for high standards.”  Read the rest of the GREENKEEPER blog: click here.

Pinehurst Seminar highlights also included:

• Pat O’Brien, USGA SE Region Agronomist, sharing benefits of applying turf colorants rather than relying only on overseeding. O’Brien shared general principles on turf colorants applied to fairways.
• Golf Course Superintendents Kevin Robinson and John Jeffreys shared their trends of using colorants at Pinehurst Resort.
• Tom Reardon of Geoponics shared the chemistry and composition of colorants. (Learn more here.)
• Rob Vaughan of Brunswick Plantation, NC, shared tips on setting up a sprayer for applying turf colorants.
• Golf Course Superintendent Jeff Mack shared the trends of colorants used at Country Club of Landfall.
• Dr. Steve Kammerer, the USGA SE Region Director, shared the use of colorants on semi-dormant turf as seen throughout the southern U.S.
• Geoponics enjoyed the opportunity to provide demonstrations of colorants while also viewing new sprayer technology.
• Information about Endurant turf colorant, the colorant preferred by golf course professionals for years.

In true color:

Carolina greenkeeper keeps course green with Endurant

Carolina Golf Club was “biscuit brown” this January, said Matthew Wharton, CGCS (Certified Golf Course Superintendent). Carolina Golf Club is a private golf club located in Charlotte, NC. The bermudagrass quickly went into dormancy following a winter cold snap.

Wharton shared in a recent Greenkeeper blog why he chooses to use “liquid overseed,” Endurant turf colorant. Agronomics and better play topped his list this winter, although other benefits of Endurant turf colorant are noted.

In a recent blog, Wharton wrote:

The goal being to absorb some UV radiation and hopefully enhance the survival of the turf and natural green-up come spring!

Cold weather drained the color out of the bermudagrass turf, specifically temperatures in the low 20’s (Fahrenheit) in mid-January, Wharton said.

Wharton describes the photos, which he Tweeted and shared in a recent blog he writes:

We were once again “biscuit brown,” as my good friend Tony Nysse (Golf Course Superintendent, Old Marsh Golf Club, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) would say! Look closely at the upper left photo captioned Jan 11. Since last year’s experiment with coloring fairways was well received (seems most of you prefer some color contrast in order to provide definition of the golf hole), we initiated applications Monday of a turf paint from Geoponics (Endurant TC) to green things back up quickly.

Greenkeeper keeps it green with Endurant

BEFORE: Not-so green & hard to find the target

AFTER: Greenkeeper keeps it green with Endurant for better play, visibility and aesthetics with added agronomic benefits of earlier spring time green-up

The Golf Industry Show is the major turf event of 2016. This year GIS was held at the San Diego Convention Center giving many golf course superintendents, suppliers, distributors and others in the fields of golf and turf management a reprieve from the winter cold back home. For others, it was just another day in the sun with old colleagues and new friends.

Geoponics is excited to learn that next year the show is closer to their Naples, Florida headquarters as the Golf Industry Show 2017 will be hosted in Orlando, Fla.

Favorite aspects of the Golf Industry Show are talking environment, agronomy and turf paint

Whether coming from near or far, warm or cool weather, no other single event provides more education on agronomics and the environment in the field of golf course management than the Golf Industry Show’s GCSAA Education Conference.

Talking turf: Golf Course Superintendents discuss agronomy, the environment and turf paint

Check out these photos from GIS 2016 at the San Diego Convention Center in February

For Geoponics a lot of the fun at GIS 2016 is meeting up with longtime colleagues and experts in the field of golf course management

See you at the Golf Industry Show!

We cannot wait to see old friends and meet new ones at GIS 2016 in San Diego.

Visit Geoponics Booth 4828 for this biggest show in the golf and turf industry.

See turf go from dead or dormant brown to vibrant healthy green when you visit us at the Golf Industry Show 2016.

GIS 2016: Geoponics shares dramatic turf transformations with Endurant turf colorant

Visit Booth 4828 at GIS 2016

We’ll be showing you how to get the best looking turf at the 2016 Golf Industry Show in San Diego, California held at the San Diego Convention Center.

We have longtime friends in the golf course industry we can’t wait to see again and new connections we look forward to making.

You can find Geoponics and Endurant turf colorant at Booth 4828 (see the map below or available larger on the 2016 Golf Industry Show website. Below, we’re the orange marker with a star located not too far from the GIS stage.)

We hope you will share and follow the GIS 2016 journey on Twitter. Please follow us, tag us, post and share your highlights from the show.

Geoponics will share demonstrations of Endurant turf colorant at the GIS 2016 Trade Show, scheduled 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wed., Feb. 10 & Thurs., Feb. 11.

In the meantime, learn more about Endurant turf colorant at www.TurfPaint.net and more about Geoponics, our distributors and our other product solutions for healthy turf, lawns, landscapes, athletic fields, ponds, gardens and farms.

See you at the San Diego Convention Center Wed. Feb. 10 and Thurs. Feb. 11 or see you on Twitter! Also check us out on Facebook as we share highlights from the 2016 GIS Trade Show.