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Are you tired of getting those HUGE water bills just to keep your lawn or grass looking healthy?  Water restrictions are now commonplace moving forward into the future.  Overseeding with ryegrass is expensive and requires a lot of inputs like water, fertilizer and pesticides, none of which are good for the environment. Well, you are not alone.  According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) nearly 9 billion gallons of water are used daily on landscape irrigation.  That is a lot of water!!! Of course, the hotter and dryer it is the more water folks use.  Ok, back to the reason you are ready this….there are options.  Options that were not available previously….Endurant Turf Colorant.

Here are ten reason why you paint your lawn or grass:

• Painting turf keeps grass looking beautiful, healthy and uniform
• Using a turf colorant will save money on watering.
• Painting lawn saves time that you could be doing other things.
• Using a turf colorant reduces the amount of chemicals needed for lawn management
• Endurant Turf Colorant is safe for the environment
• Painting grass is super easy almost anyone can do it.
• Dormant turf can be easily turned to a lush green color with instant results
• Painted turf on average will transition out of dormancy weeks before unpainted turf.
• People WILL notice…You will get comments like, “Wow, how did you get your grass so GREEN?!” “Your lawn looks AWESOME! What is your secret?”
• IT IS AFFORDABLE!! In many cases Endurant Turf Colorant can save as much as 80% on cost when compared to overseeding and it care.  That is money in the bank!

So next time you get that sinking feeling as you look at your water bill, thinking about all that goes into turning it on, remember there are other options to keep your lawn and turf looking beautiful.  Simple, affordable, sustainable….Endurant (TurfPaint.net)

Turf colorant: the fastest way to luxurious grass and without environmentally-harming fertilizers. Endurant turf paint is used by many golf course superintendents, property sellers, sports field managers, greenskeepers, landscapers and others to get instantly green, luxurious grass with a natural longlasting pigment that is environmentally-friendly and cost-effective.

Turf paint can be used on anything from dormant grass to actively growing grass (Endurant TE with turf enhancer for healthy soil and turf), mulch, pine straw, sand and even ponds. Turn your brown grass green with easy to use Endurant.

Turf colorant is recommended by the USGA (United States Golf Association) over the practice of overseeding and we can see why. Save money, water, harmful chemical-usage AND get results that golfers, club members and everyone loves! Easy to apply, ready to use instantly and safe for children, players, pets and wildlife.

A picture IS worth a thousand words. See how it works:

Then contact Geoponics Turf Colorant Division Manager Jennifer Seevers. If you’ve got questions, she’s got answers. Email jseevers@geoponicscorp.com or call her today at (843) 450-0210. Contact Geoponics by email: info@geoponicscorp.com or call 1-877-ECO-GROW (1-877-326-4769).

Brown grass is a turn-off. Get noticed instantly with turf colorant. Whether that brown grass is due to drought or lack of water during foreclosure or water restrictions, overcome the challenge instantly with turf paint. Endurant turf colorant is a solution being used during both the housing and drought crisis in California and across the U.S.

Endurant’s turf pigment is natural– safe for pets, children, wildlife and players on golf courses and athletic fields. It can be applied to grass, whether dormant grass or actively-growing grass, mulch, pine straw, sand and even ponds. For actively growing grass, we recommend Endurant TE. The turf enhancer of Endurant TE adds even more nutrients for healthy soil and turf when in the active growing phase.

Geoponics products have recently become available through Foster-Gardner so you can have exceptional local service from this well-respected sister company of West Coast Turf/ Western Sod.

Geoponics products are also available in Europe and the UK through Prograss. Whereever in the world you are, Geoponics has earth-friendly solutions to your turf management challenges, including the world’s fastest-acting soil penetrant, Penterra, and other soil surfactants, as well as products to add oxygen and nutrients to your soil or pond. Contact your nearest distributor, or Geoponics directly, at info@geoponicscorp.com, 1-877-ECO-GROW. Also, contact us if you’re interested in becoming a distributor of Geoponics earth-friendly turf, agricultural, lawn, sports field, garden and pond care products.

As for that astounding before and after picture above, that home lawn turned brown in-deed due to drought. But, the water was turned off because of foreclosure as well.

“There is a lot of this going on due to the housing issues in California. The cities are citing owners and banks in the foreclosure community for letting their landscapes go. Endurant is their only cost effective and quick option,” said Jimi Davis, of Foster-Gardner, in Southern California.

Davis offered another tip: “Transition from ryegrass to Bermuda and you will see a lot of drought and transition problems– brown areas!  Endurant is a great tool to correct these visual problems for homeowners, HOA’s and golf courses.”

Want to learn more about turf colorant– whether for the golf course, sports fields, home lawns– mulch, grass, pine straw, sand or ponds– contact our expert, Geoponics Turf Colorant Division Manager Jennifer Seevers, jseevers@geoponicscorp.com, 1877-ECO-GROW.

The United States Golf Association encourages using turf colorant over the practice of overseeding and golf course superintendents are quickly jumping on board choosing to paint with Endurant pigment instead of choosing to overseed. Picking the best turf colorant product is crucial in experiencing the full savings of coloring versus overseeding. Golf Course Superintendent Grayson Grainger of St. James Plantation in Southport, NC, shares why he chose to use Endurant.

The USGA has sited multiple benefits of painting (learn more  about painting vs. overseeding here) to turf managers and greenskeepers, including saving money, time, water and harmful chemical usage, while increasing course play time. There is no question about the benefits of using a turf colorant versus overseeding– especially if you choose the best colorant on the market. So, once you’ve decided you’d like to experience those benefits of painting or coloring, how do you move forward?

Golf Course Superintendent Grayson Grainger of St. James Plantation shared how he came to the conclusion it would be better to color his greens instead of overseeding. Read his blog here about how he made that decision to use a dye on all of the greens at the St. James Plantation. Then, he had to decide which turf pigment brand to use and how to proceed. He chose Endurant (www.TurfPaint.net).

Grainger shares in the paragraphs below about how he came to choose Geoponics brand turf colorant, Endurant, and his experience with the product. In his words:

      We use a product called  Endurant turf colorant. This product is a non-toxic, equipment and environmentally friendly organic pigment used to color dormant turf. This product is not really a paint. We chose this colorant based on university test results and local recommendations. We will only be able to analyze the efficacy of this selection as the winter moves forward. As of this post, we are extremely pleased with our results.
Endurant, as stated above, is sprayer friendly. This means that this product will not damage the internal parts of our sprayer systems. Paints and other colorants tend to cause severe damage to sprayers which can cost clubs thousands of dollars in repairs. The fact that we could apply this product directly through our green’s sprayer was another factor for choosing this colorant. The ability to use our sprayer reduced the time and cost of utilizing specialized equipment for the application.

     We were able to color all of the greens in three hours with one man using the above method. This process will be repeated one or two more times through January and February. We are confident that this turf colorant will provide more than satisfactory color and playing conditions through the winter.

Check out Grainger’s blog “Agronomy @St. James Plantation” for more here.

Geoponics does also provide a turf colorant for actively growing grass as well. This product is Endurant TE— all the benefits of Endurant used on dormant grass plus turf enhancer specifically formulated for actively growing grass. Watch a video below:

The Endurant line of pigments also includes dyes for mulch, sand, pine straw and even ponds. Check out www.TurfPaint.net or contact our turf colorant specialist, Geoponics Turf Colorant Division Manager Jennifer Seevers, jseevers@geoponicscorp.com. 1-877-ECO-GROW.

Florida’s Golf Course Superintendent Association’s best management practices has had a profound impact on how superintendents are managing their courses.  Superintendents use this guide as a building block for how they go about their day to day care of turf and the ecology that surrounds their managed habitat.