Fort Lauderdale Country Club’s fairways and tees popped with color while getting agronomic benefits using Endurant TE, organic turf colorant with turf enhancer for actively growing grass. Geoponics is proud to provide the most effective turf care products while protecting the environment and being part of the South Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association’s commitment to protect children with the 30th Annual Missing Children’s Golf Tournament
While Endurant is long-lasting, South Florida GCSA commitment to child protection lasts 30 years
Endurant organic colorants were used on the fairways and tees. The painted turf offers a lasting, natural green color, pleasing players and visitors. Geoponics is proud to be even a small part of the enduring commitment made by the South Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association (SFGCSA) to protect children. This 30th Annual SFGCSA golf tournament to support the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children was held at Fort Lauderdale Country Club in Plantation, Florida. SFGCSA has supported the Florida division of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, raising more than $550,000 for the organization.
Golf Course Superintendent Todd Ingram of Fort Lauderdale Country Club did an amazing job providing gorgeous grounds, great for a Friday of Florida golf. Fort Lauderdale Country Club painted turf on the fairways and tees. Ingram painted turf with Endurant TE, an organic colorant with turf enhancer for actively growing turfgrass. The paint was applied at a rate of 20 ounces per acre.
More photos of the people and painted turf
Photos from the Oct. 24 South Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association’s Missing and Exploited Children’s Tournament are provided by Keith Eubanks, of Geoponics:
Endurant organic turf colorant: the pros choice for big events, winter turfgrass dormancy or drought.
Geoponics proud to protect the environment with products that promote turf and soil health, while also contributing to the protection of children through the SFGCSA 30th Annual Missing & Exploited Children’s Tournament
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Turf paint girls enjoy greeting players at the 30th Annual South Florida Golf Course Superintendents Associations Tournament to benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Endurant TE, turf paint with turf enhancer has long term agronomic benefits while providing instant wow factor to turfgrass
Turf paint girls at Fort Lauderdale Country Club, Fri. Oct. 24
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Endurant turf colorant is the professionals choice.
Endurant turf paint trampled on the practice of overseed at a South Carolina race track. Preparing for one of the biggest horse race events this fall, the superintendent of Springdale Race Course located in Camden, South Carolina, ditched the idea of overseeding. Instead, knowing the course would be drawing the attention of visitors from around the world at the upcoming Colonial Cup, Endurant turf paint was selected to prepare the course. This was the first time the course managers opted to paint the race course and Endurant organic turf colorant was the obvious choice.
Why Endurant turf paint?
Springdale Race Course, home of the Carolina Cup and Colonial Cup horse races, is located next door to a golf course. Seeing the effectiveness of the Endurant turf paint used on the golf greens for years finally prompted the change in direction at Springdale from overseed to Endurant turf paint. The benefits of painting with Endurant turf paint versus overseed are numerous, including saving water and time. Endurant turf colorants are used by golf course superintendents, landscape and lawn professionals to make vibrant, natural-looking turfgrass pop with color year round. As turfgrass approaches winter dormancy in many areas, it’s turf painting time. Golf courses superintendents, landscape managers, sports field operators and home owners alike choose to turn that brown grass to green using Endurant organic turf colorants. Whether dormancy is approaching or a big event nears, shop turf colorantshere.
After years of overseeding, Springdale Race Course in Camden, SC chooses Endurant organic turf colorant instead to better prepare for their big fall event, the Colonial Cup, this November.
Springdale also found some unique benefits using Endurant turf paint instead of overseed before their upcoming steeplechase races, where thoroughbred horses will be leaping over obstacles and kicking the green grass up into the air. One problem Springdale Race Course had was a lot of weeds among the bermudagrass. So when overseeding, the weeds would just grow back up through the overseed. The weeds would become difficult to see and even harder to get rid of. An application of Endurant turf paint allowed the weeds to be easily tackled. Most helpful for the horse races is that the green Endurant FW, which is often used on golf fairways, will give the horses a better sight line during the steeplechase races. This advantage in vision due to contrast is a key reason golf course superintendents enjoy using Endurant turf paint for the benefits of their golfers’ sight line as well. Springdale Race Course, located in Camden, S.C., is one of the most well-known steeplechase tracks in the U.S.. Similar courses are all over Ireland, where steeplechasing originated. Endurant turf paint allowed Springdale to leap their turf obstacles much faster than overseeding. The application of Endurant turf paint will easily last through the big event in three weeks. Then, the course will be trampled by horses and even weeds’ roots would stand the test if not tackled with the help of Endurant. The time efficiency of painting the track versus overseed also just made the most sense.
The turfgrass on the race track is mostly Bermuda with some rye grass mixed in, along with the unwanted weeds. Unlike a golf course, the grass is higher and a bit less manicured without an irrigation system. Seeking a great, vibrant green color for an event that draws tens of thousands of fans and worldwide attention, Springdale’s superintendent chose Endurant FW to get the course up to par for all the attention. Endurant PR, with a perennial rye look, was their second favorite in color choices. The Endurant FW provided an easy to apply contrast in color to the two-mile European-style turf course that could not be achieved with overseed. See the full line of Endurant colorants here.
The historic Springdale Racecourse’s annual fall steeplechase race meet draws more than 15,000 fans and horsemen from around the world. The Colonial Cup, held Nov. 15, provides the steeplechase horse racing season’s grand finale and deciding national titles, including Jockey of the Year, Trainer of the Year, and Horse of the Year. See more about the 45th Annual Marion du Pont Scott Colonial Cup here. Leap your own obstacles in turf here. BUY Endurant turf paint NOW.
Soil moisture management is key to healthy turf and plants. Soil surfactants provide the answer. Whether you need to hold water in dry times or need to move water when it’s too wet, the desired outcome is the same: even distribution of moisture throughout the root zone. Turfgrass maintenance professionals have the Geoponics line of soil surfactants available for any condition to best manage soil moisture.
How do you know which of the soil surfactants, wetting agents or penetrants are right for you? View the Soil Surfactants One Page Guide for selecting the best practice and product for your conditions.
HydraHawk helps water penetrate compacted or arid soils and aids plant life in the uptake of water and nutrients. HydraHawk is a natural performance-enhancing wetting and protective agent derived from fruit and vegetable extracts. HydraHawk contains unique natural surfactants that help the plants utilize water and survive in extreme heat, drought and soil salinity even in the severe climate conditions. ORDER NOW!
Humawet assists with loss of water due to winds, run off and drought. It helps build organic matter in sandy soil and retains water in the plant’s root zone. Humawet is the best of the soil surfactants for soil with low organic matter, including new golf greens. Humawet is designed to decrease the surface tension between water, soil and plant while improving the growth and activity of micro-organisms necessary for a healthy soil environment. ORDER NOW!
Profasorb is designed for fertigation or drip line irrigation to decrease the tension between water, soil and plant while also improving the growth and activity of micro-organisms necessary for a healthy soil environment. It is easy to use and its beneficial secondary effects of localized dry spots (LDS) are noticed rapidly. Not only are you improving the soil, but you are adding a long term effect to the turf to make it healthier and increase its disease and insect tolerance. ORDER NOW!
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Japanese moss balls, also called bonsai Kokedama, look great hanging in homes, on a lanai or porch or on trellises and arbors. Making a Kokedama moss ball can be a fun way of getting your hands dirty and it’s easier to make these hanging plants than one might imagine. This Japanese garden method, the kokedama moss ball, is taking Pinterest by storm with the growing popularity of vertical gardens and the wide variety of options for your Kokedama moss ball that allow plants to easily be added to any space, indoor or outdoor, requiring little water if the proper plant species are selected. The environmental impact is nil, other than getting some green in your space and a little extra oxygen boost from the hanging plant. Ready to take less than an hour to make a Kokedama moss ball?
Kokedama, an easy, environmentally friendly garden idea for hardy drought resistant plants.
Here is what you need to make a Kokedama moss ball:
Soil, potting soil
Peat Moss
Perlite, such as Excelerite
Sheet moss
String
Bucket
Scissors
Spray bottle
Plants: Shade loving, drought hardy, slow growing
Water
A few optimal plant varieties:
Succulents, thick plants that hold water and are very drought hardy since the soil and moss ball will be hanging allowing it to dry out easily. One great variety is the sedeveria.
Anthuriums are great options to add a flowering plant to the mix.
Tillandsia, air plants, can also make a great addition to Kokedama.
Select shade-loving plants if hanging inside or in a covered area.
Slow growing is important as you won’t want to undo the Kokedama moss ball often, if at all.
How to plant a Kokedama moss ball:
Mix about 50 percent soil, 25 percent perlite and 25 percent peat moss in a bucket and then begin adding water slowly so the soil can be firmly packed
Pack the soil until it’s a sturdy ball about the size of your hand. Excelerite, organic and OMRI Organic Materials Review Institute listed chelated montomorillonite clay, is not necessary, but we did notice it has a cohesive property that makes it easier. It’s also great for plant health. A Kokedama moss ball can be created without Excelerite, you just find in one of the next steps that you need to wrap the moss around the ball faster to help it stay together. This is the only one of the materials easiest to find for purchase online, such as on Amazon. All other materials are easily found at Home Depot or a local garden supply center.
Here’s the fun part: You know the ball is properly packed when you toss it lightly into the air and catch it and it stays compact, like a snowball.
Then, split the ball in half just by breaking it gently with your hands.
Put the roots of the plants you’ve selected between the two halves of the soil ball. Short root systems and selection of just two plants is generally easiest.
Then, put the soil ball back together, perhaps adding more soil to reform the ball.
Cut your sheet moss to size to fit your soil ball.
Spray the moss with water so it adheres to the soil ball.
Wrap the moss ball with string to further help keep the moss tied around the ball and make a knot toward the top, leaving some string to hang the ball, generally plant side up.
Voila, in less than an hour, you have a kokedama moss ball. Each time you will get faster at it and can have more fun with it.
Want more?
Besides on Pinterest, you can see Kokedama in botanical gardens, including at Naples Botanical Garden, where the idea for this Kokedama moss blog originated thanks to the Naples Garden Club and their Idea Garden located within the Naples Botanical Gardens.
Shop Geoponics now for earth friendly, organic garden, lawn, pond, professional turf and landscape products. Geoponics makes growing easy, successful and good for the planet.
Who has the greenest lawns in California during this long drought? Two groups: Lawmakers who are breaking the laws watering their lawns in the middle of the night and those using Endurant organic turf colorant!
Investigative TV reporters at NBC see California legislatures have immaculate green lawns while others go brown due to drought and water restrictions. How are they doing it? By breaking the law in the middle of the night, watering their lawns, curbs and sidewalks. Yikes. And it’s adding up to millions of gallons of water! Even the legislators didn’t deny their actions.
The real leaders are painting their grass with Endurant organic lawn paint to save water and get the greenest lawns in the most environmentally friendly way possible. BUY NOW. Show the lawmakers how to lead! Check out www.lawncolorant.com
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Being one of the few people to have one of the greenest lawns does not have to be shameful. It just needs to be done right! It’s easy painting with Endurant organic turf colorant. You just need a simple garden sprayer, Endurant turf colorant and water– but A LOT LESS water than those lawmakers are using!!! See how and buy now at www.lawncolorant.com.
