A Full Spectrum of Light. LED turf grow lights for Stadium turf should provide a full spectrum of light wavelengths. This ensures that turf gets exactly what the plant requires for plant health and their growing environment. However, in reality this isn’t always...
DIY Pesticides and Homemade Pest Control. Here are some DIY pest management tips that will reduce your use of chemicals around the house, and In your lawn and garden. These tips for DIY pesticides include natural fungicides, cheap grass killers and homemade grub...
Soil surfactants and organic matter This is the last part of our 2022 research into soil surfactants. After testing 7 commercial soil surfactants for criteria such as their effects on surface hardness and disease suppression effects we looked at their impact on soil...
Salicylic Acid for Plants. Salicylic acid (SA) or salicylate is an elicitor of plant response, and is as a key signalling molecule for plant immunity. You can apply plant elicitors to turfgrass to activate plant defence mechanisms. These defence mechanisms provide...
The use of turf pigments on golf greens. How long do they last? The use of turf pigments and green grass paint on golf greens is now standard practice at many clubs. These prolong the healthy appearance of turf by giving an immediate long lasting, natural green...
Trial Background As turf agronomists, we like digging into product claims. A case in point is soil-wetting agents. There appears to be a lot of confusion in the marketplace over what grass wetting agents can and can’t do. So in 2022/2023 we carried out a 2-year...
