Warm season grasses look vibrant in the cold winter months with Endurant organic turf colorants. Bermuda grass and other warm season grasses and turf grass varieties look great in places such as Tennessee most of the year, until temperatures dip periodically near or below freezing, sending the grass to brown dormancy.

Endurant organic turf paint keeps these warm season grasses popping with natural looking green grass, appealing to golfers and visitors.

Endurant organic turf colorant in Tennessee

Golf Course Superintendent Jason Sanderson of Cherokee Country Club and Golf Course in Knoxville, TN, discovered turf paint as the best solution for brown winter dormancy many years ago. Each year, he improves his techniques to create a golf course that members enjoy while managing water usage, time and finances.
“Private country club owners really like to be able to find their golf balls in the middle of the fairway,” said Sanderson.
Sanderson hasn’t overseeded his golf course in more than 12 years.
Sanderson shares his experience and techniques to offer advice to others managing warm season turf grass during colder weather:

General turf paint advice, whether a professional golf course superintendent, landscape professional or homeowner on warm season grasses and other turf grass varieties from Sanderson:

• Endurant mixes better than the four or five other paints Sanderson has tried in the past 6 to 12 years.
• Endurant lasts longer, goes on a more natural dark color and stays true to that color longer.
• Painting on frost actually works best. However, it has to be done fast and applied quickly, painting in about two hours.
• Spraying in multiple directions is a definite must for the best color and even coverage.
• Multiple applications is really important in my opinion, said Sanderson. We make two applications a week or two apart and so far don’t have to paint again until spring comes and the turf comes out of dormancy.
• Water volume is the most important thing that Cherokee Country Club has figured out over the years of turf paint applications on their warm season grasses.
• Sanderson prefers GreenLeaf nozzles made particularly for painting.
• This is a personal choice, but I prefer the look and color of the Endurant FW, the turf colorant for fairways. (there are several other colors. See more Endurant turf paint varieties here.)

Photos courtesy of Golf Course Superintendent Jason Sanderson, Knoxville, TN

Sanderson noted these particular benefits for warm season grasses using Endurant organic turf paint during the winter months:

• Painting helps the soil temperature by at least a degree or two. We noticed we didn’t lose any grass on areas that were painted. Even when temperatures were especially low, we had less damage.
• Besides the agronomic benefits, it just makes the turf much more appealing to the eye.
• “Endurant gives a great look to the expansive views of the golf course.”
• It’s dependent on weather conditions, but so far, we put on two applications a week or two apart and don’t have to paint it again before spring.
• Endurant helped the bermudagrass get an earlier greenup in spring by about two to three weeks.
• Endurant helps make spring clean up really nice and gets us going a little earlier.
• My membership thinks it’s well worth the cost even if just to be able to see their golf ball and golf game.
• “Endurant looks great. It’s very dramatic.”

Sanderson shared the particulars of his property and how he uses the Endurant organic turf paint on his warm season grasses:

• Of the warm season grasses, the turf grass variety at Cherokee Country Club is bermuda grass.
• He paints all tees, fairways and the green surrounds at the country club and golf course, using Endurant.
• The property is located in north western Tennessee, totaling about 35 acres.
• Cherokee Country Club is located in Knoxville and has 18 holes.
• He’s been painting his tees there for about six years.
• He started using Endurant on the tees and decided to use Endurant organic grass paint on fairways after seeing the agronomic benefits.
• Cherokee Country Club prefers Endurant FW on the fairways at rate of 6 gallons per acre.
• Sanderson sprays the fairways two times, applying 3 gallons per acre in two directions, anywhere from a couple days apart to a week or two apart, depending upon the weather.

Series of articles compiling turf tips from professionals in the field

Sanderson is one of several turf professionals sharing their turf tips on Twitter with Geoponics and other turf growers, lawn professionals, sod growers and homeowners looking for tips.

Follow Geoponics and check out recent blogs for similar turf tips from professionals in the field, including frost delay prevention and frost damage prevention here.

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Top sod growers in the U.S. wow clients with organic turf colorant

The nation’s best selling sod growers are using Endurant organic turf colorant. After nearly a decade of experience painting sod, turfgrass and the grass that becomes a home lawn for properties from Florida to California and everywhere in between, sod growing experts share why they choose to use turf paint and why they prefer Endurant organic colorants.

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  The nation’s top sod producers have a field day choosing the optimal turfgrass color using Endurant organic turf colorants.

#1 Sod Growers: Bethel Farms and Harmony Brands

Jamie Tedder, Vice President of turf at Bethel Farms, the nation’s leading sod growers and suppliers to the nation’s top home improvement stores, has long used turf colorants to produce the best quality sod for clients.

After about nine years of painting turf, Tedder found that Endurant organic turf colorants presented a savings for Bethel Farms, among other sod growers in the Harmony Growers network, because of Endurant’s rich concentrate, requiring less product and just one application.

Moreover, Endurant’s various turf colorant options give Bethel Farms and the sod growers network the most natural-looking, consistent turfgrass color for multiple varieties of grass most commonly produced by sod growers in the U.S.. Colorant options include Endurant TC, among the original organic colorants in the Geoponics line; Endurant FW, for fairways and other applications; Endurant TE, with turf enhancers to promote the health of actively growing grass; Endurant PR, for a perennial rye look that users describe as the look of Augusta!; and Endurant Premium, a more concentrated color variety than the original Endurant TC.

Here are some of the turf paint samples that came from a recent field day with sod growers in the Harmony Growers network:

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Click on each image above for a better look and check out www.TurfPaint.net for images displaying each of the organic colorants in the Endurant line.

More about Endurant from the nation’s top sod growers:

Turf colorants give an aesthetic benefit to clients from day one of receiving their sod, said Tedder.

“In Florida, we have mostly warm season grass varieties, and even though they don’t go through a true dormancy, they go through pseudo-dormancy. The growth slows down, grasses don’t uptake as many nutrients and that throws off the color. Threat of frost certainly throws off the color,” said Tedder.

“It doesn’t mean it’s not already healthy and thriving, we just look to give a great benefit,” he said.

The colorants provide a selling tool and many clients, including brokers, are surprised by the product.

“It’s designed for turf and designed with environmentally friendly concerns. The fact that it’s 100 percent organic– that goes a long way with the customer and brokers. It becomes a great selling tool for their customers too,” Tedder said.

He and other sod growers were able to see the Endurant line at a recent field day held in Arcadia, FL that brought together a network of growers, Harmony Growers, from throughout the entire U.S.

“Endurant– it’s just a better product,” Tedder said.

“We’ve had really great results with Endurant FW and PR– just their overall color, the spray, the consistency and it’s going to save in our program,” said Tedder.

He’s using Endurant FW for Zoysia and bermuda grasses and PR for St. Augustine grass. See Bethel Farms full line of turfgrass varieties here.

“The spray job on the turf, even just coming out of the jug, it’s thicker and darker. We can use less concentrate material, saving money per tank, covering more acreage with one pass instead of two. There is a better, more even spray job, coating the surface of the leaf,” said Tedder.

Seasonally appropriate, Tedder described Endurant FW as a “Christmas tree green color, a darker green rather than emerald.”

Tips on painting turf

Tedder learned a lot over the years of painting turf and shared these tips in his own words:

• Painting with dew on the ground can actually help even out the colorant. There is no need to wait for dew to dry before applying colorant.
• Overtime, we learned to use smaller nozzles for more of a mist rather than a larger volume all at once.
• Geoponics representatives have a lot of technical knowledge to share. (Read more turf paint tips here.)

Homeowners can also choose Endurant organic turf colorants. Check out www.LawnColorant.com for quantities suitable for the home owner.

More about the nation’s leading sod growers, Bethel Farms and Harmony Growers:

Harmony Outdoor Brands, America’s top selling turfgrass, sells across the nation with a network of growers producing sod specific to the regional climates. Harmony Outdoor Brands represent the joint efforts of the top two sod growers, Bethel Farms and BuySod, creating what they call a “farm to lawn” concept in this article.

Bethel Farms was founded in 1958 by Walter H. Bethel and remains family-owned and operated supplying major theme parks, municipalities, golf courses and backyard lawns with vibrant, healthy grass.

Learn more about Harmony & Bethel Farms in this Turf Magazine article: http://www.turfmagazine.com/blog-7688.aspx

Article about Harmony Outdoor Brands CEO, Jim Doyle: http://harmonybrands.com/news/harmony-outdoor-brands-nations-largest-supplier-of-retail-sod-grasses-appoints-new-ceo/

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Part I

Turf pro takes to Twitter with turf paint tips: Take 1

This is one article in a series of several blogs about how social media and especially Twitter is blowing up with tweets from turf professionals about using Geoponics earth-friendly products to get amazing results. The most popular winter advice comes with Endurant turf paint tips from golf course superintendents, greenkeepers, sports field managers and other lawn & landscape professionals.

Twitter Series Part I: Kevin Smith

Golf Course Superintendent Kevin Smith of North Carolina is sharing why he chooses to use Endurant organic turf colorant in a series of Tweets this November and December:

• Make a great first impression
• Get a perennial rye look at a fraction of the expense and time of overseeding with perennial rye seed
• Wow golfers, members and visitors with aesthetics and playability
• Liquid overseed beats traditional overseed giving a similar look in a fraction of the time, expense and use of natural resources

In his own words, here are a few of Kevin Smith’s recent Tweets about Endurant organic turf paint to followers on Twitter:

Applying Endurant:

First impressions are everything! @geoponics #liquidoverseeding pic.twitter.com/TVML83NlI6

— Kevin Smith (@grantierra58) December 1, 2014

Choosing a color: Endurant TC, Endurant Premium, Endurant FW and Endurant PR

Smith has used several colorants in the Endurant organic turf paint line, including the original, Endurant TC; the deeper and more concentrated Endurant Premium color; Endurant FW for fairways and other applications; Endurant PR for the perennial rye look of Augusta. His choices are part of the reason Bryan Park golf course is so highly rated and voted “worthy of hosting the U.S. Open.” Read more about the course on the website, www.BryanPark.com.

Check out his photos about the various turf colorant options:

Comparing Endurant Premium and Endurant FW

Wow! This is Endurant PR

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Reasons to overseed:

Golf course superintendents create a long list for why to use liquid overseed, painting with Endurant organic turf paint instead of traditional overseed.

Many golf course superintendents still overseed– they just call it liquid overseed when choosing to use Endurant organic colorants versus traditional overseed practices.

Twitter has become a great resource for turf tips. Several certified golf course superintendents have been sharing their winter turf management tips all over social media. Among the trends is using turf colorant instead of the practice of overseeding turf for winter.

Here are the results of using Endurant organic turf colorant instead of overseed. The practice of painting turf saves water, time and money when compared with overseeding. Endurant organic turf paint is pleasing for members and turf managers alike! Check out the wow factor of this perennial rye look!

Photos courtesy of Assistant Golf Course Superintendent Scott Forrester, Legacy on Lanier Golf Club in Georgia:

Recently, Scott Forrester, assistant golf course superintendent at Lagacy on Lanier Golf Club in Bulford, GA, used Endurant organic turf colorant. Afterwards, he asked his Twitter followers rhetorically: “Why would anyone overseed?!”

Forrester called Endurant PR his liquid overseed, giving his golf course a perennial rye look that members, golfers and other visitors love.

About Legacy on Lanier Golf Club:

Legacy on Lanier Golf Club represents a return to the Golden Era of Golf from the early to mid 1900’s, when designers created some of the most storied courses in the world. The layout traverses a natural setting with 12 holes on Lake Lanier. Located in Buford, Georgia. Visit www.lanierislandsc.om for more information.

About Endurant PR:

Geoponics created Endurant PR to give golf course superintendents everywhere an opportunity to look like Augusta affordably. Learn more about the full line of Endurant colorants by visiting www.TurfPaint.net.

Contact Geoponics, info@geoponicscorp.com, 1-877-ECO-GROW, or order NOW.

Golf Course Superintendents share winter turf care tips on Twitter.

Many greenkeepers and superintendents recently shared how they are preventing frost delays using Penterra.

The fastest-acting soil surfactant, Penterra, is also preventing damage to turf that can be caused by frost and dew. Players are pleased while superintendents jobs come with a bit more ease.

Tweeting from NJ about Penterra

Simon Rees, Assistant Superintendent at Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, New Jersey, recently took to Twitter, sharing how he prevents frost delays and turf damage with Penterra. He recently shared this photo with Geoponics on Twitter:

@geoponics Penterra doing its thing this morning despite the frosts best efforts #Results pic.twitter.com/LDO4fuIDhx

— Simon Rees (@SimonRees00) November 10, 2014

Tweeting from the UK about Penterra

Head Greenkeeper Mark Bewley also had great results with Penterra this November and December, taking his enthusiasm for the soil surfactant to Twitter with this tweet:

Course open on full greens today thanks to penterra @brianocarroll2 @geoponics pic.twitter.com/1zDvT1fkal — Mark Bewley (@m_bewley) December 2, 2014

Bewley boasted in November how even two weeks after applying Penterra, he was still seeing great results with dew suppression in the early mornings. He tweeted:

Greens dew free. 2 weeks after applying penterra @geoponics pic.twitter.com/8lOTdKixy0

— Mark Bewley (@m_bewley) November 22, 2014

 

U.S. customers may contact their sales representative or Geoponics, 1-877-ECO-GROW, info@geoponicscorp.com.

In the UK contact Prograss for Penterra, the fastest-acting soil surfactant for dew suppression and prevention of frost delays.

About Penterra:

Professional Golf Course Superindents speak out about the amazing results they have obtained by using Penterra as a soil adjuvant and wetting agent.

From frost prevention, dew suppression, movement of water, localized dry spots, turf uniformity, golf tournament preparation, Penterra assists with water conservation in a environmentally sensitive way.

Get the fastest-acting soil surfactant, Penterra!

Check out more on www.TurfFrost.com and www.Penterra.net

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