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18 Jul

Why turf paint instead of overseeding? Superintendent shares his decision to use Endurant

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.

Endurant turf paint beats the competitors' brands of turf paint and saves huge compared to overseed
Applying Endurant turf colorant to all the greens at St. James Plantation saves Golf Course Superintendent Grayson Grainger time & money versus overseeding using the best turf pigment on the market. Competing brands can cost thousands of dollars in damaged equipment while Endurant is easy to use with no special equipment required. Endurant is safe for the environment and spraying systems. www.TurfPaint.net

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).

Closeup of applying the Endurant turf colorant using St. James Plantation's existing spraying equipment.
Closeup of applying the Endurant turf colorant. Endurant is safe for spraying equipment unlike other turf paint brands.

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.

 

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17 Jul

Best Management Practices for golf courses and environment

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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.

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17 Jul

Turf health tip in extreme summer heat of Dubai

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Here at Arabian Ranches Golf Club we have seen significant improvements with the overall plant health of our tifeagle greens after using the Agriox only for a short time. Agriox has become a crucial component in our greens program as it ensures the soil and root system are getting the oxygen they demand throughout the extreme conditions of a stressful Middle East summer.

Russ Hewitt
Golf Course Superintendent
Arabian Ranches Golf Club
Dubai, UAE

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15 Jul

Geoponics partners with Foster-Gardner, sister company of West Coast Turf

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World’s fastest-acting soil penetrant, Penterra, best turf colorant, Endurant, and other sustainable turf management products now available across the U.S. with the partnership of Geoponics and West Coast Turf/ Western Sod sister company, Foster-Gardner.
Geoponics’ news also seen in Golf Course Industry Magazine here and in Lawn and Landscape here.
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Geoponics’ partnership with Foster-Gardner, sister company West Coast Turf, offers turf product powerhouse to California
California (July 12, 2013) – Geoponics is proud to announce the recent partnership with Foster- Gardner, Inc. in Southern California. Foster-Gardner, Inc. and its sister company, West Coast Turf/ Western Sod, have a long history of serving the turf industry.
Geoponics is known for providing soil surfactants and natural-looking, cost-effective turf colorants. West Coast Turf along with Foster-Gardner are names synonymous with quality turf products and service.
Together, these companies provide a powerhouse of turf and turf care products—now providing more service to the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas of California.
“We are very pleased to be teaming up and working with Geoponics and their line of quality products. Our goal in working with our clients in the turf market is to bring them products that are innovative, solve problems and add significant value while at the same time make good business sense. Geoponics brings all of this and more by giving the end user a truly sustainable approach to real turf management. Thank you Geoponics,” said Tom Foster of Foster-Gardner.
Florida-based Geoponics joining with California-based Foster-Gardner will help these sustainable products span the country from the East Coast to the West Coast of the United States.
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“We are most excited about offering our high quality, very competitively priced organic turf colorant— Endurant—to this area with the well-respected support of companies like West Coast Turf and Foster- Gardner,” said Jennifer Seevers, Geoponics Colorants Division Manager.
In addition to providing the Endurant line of long-lasting colorants for turf, mulch and pinestraw, Geoponics and Foster-Gardner are excited about offering the world’s fastest-acting soil penetrant, Penterra, along with the all-natural moisture management action of HydraHawk and the moisture retention of Humawet to the area.
Water is one of the most expensive and increasingly limited resources, and, these products, with the service from Foster-Gardner, will offer the golf courses, landscapers, athletic fields and residential areas of Southern California an opportunity to best handle all of their water management needs.
Many Southern California turf experts have been enjoying the benefits of Geoponics products for years— now they’ll also get them with the exceptional services provided by Southern California-based Foster Gardner.
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Bob Vaughey CGCS of Rolling Hills Country Club in Palos Verdes, Calif., was pleased to discover all of the benefits of Penterra as a professional soil penetrant.
“With our heavy clay soils and poor water quality, Geoponics’ Penterra (Penterra.net) has allowed us to effectively leach salts through our soils and grow healthier turf with less inputs. Penterra has proven an invaluable yet cost-effective tool for us and the golf course,” Vaughey said.
Geoponics’ Endurant Turf Colorant has been equally valued on the West Coast.
For example, PGA West knows where to turn when they’re showing off their course on national television. The golf course in La Quinta, Calif. has used TV-readiness Endurant for the past two winters, giving it a wow-factor for players and viewers of the Golf Channel Am Tour National Championships.
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Jon Maddern, CGCS of PGA West, first used Endurant (TurfPaint.net) on the Palmer Private Course along all of the pond edges that were weak due to birds eating the overseeded ryegrass, he said.

“We found this product worked extremely well in blending with the quality turf we had nearby—so much so that you couldn’t tell we had used Endurant,” Maddern said.
It was easy to use and economical, he said.
“The very telling points were during the TV coverage of the Humana Challenge. The camera could not pick up a difference either. Once we started using this product and had success around our ponds, we used it in other weak areas on the course that were in play,” Maddern said.
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For more information about Geoponics products and services available through Foster-Gardner, contact (760) 398-6151, or, contact Geoponics directly at 1-877-ECO-GROW (1-877-326-4769).
3419 Radio Rd. #105 Naples, FL 34104
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08 Jul

Rain Drain: A little goes a long way with Penterra soil penetrant

Have you been hit with days or even weeks of rain? Get THE FASTEST soil penetrant on the market with Penterra! This is a wetting agent like no other. Hear what other golf course superintendents have to say and see for yourself here.

Fastest soil penetrant: Penterra is the fastest soil surfactant on the market. Get this wetting agent today and avoid puddles. GET IN THE GAME www.Penterra.net
Fastest soil penetrant: Penterra is the fastest-acting soil surfactant on the market. Get this wetting agent today and avoid puddles. GET IN THE GAME!  www.Penterra.net

Press PLAY below and you’re one step closer to getting back to PLAY time on your golf course or athletic field by ordering the fastest-acting soil surfactant, PENTERRA, that will have you wondering why you ever used anything else.

www.Penterra.net   1-877-866-6330

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No more puddles. No more sitting water. GET PENTERRA ON THE COURSE AND GET IN THE GAME. Get the water moving through the soil profile. There is no better water management for turf maintenance and golf course managers.

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