Vertmax Duo Turf Pigment.

Name: Gilba Solutions Pty Ltd
Price range: $

Turf pigments are a common tool in the Professional Turf Managers toolkit. However, Vertmax Duo is not just any turf pigment, and is a major advance on other copper phthalocyanine green pigments on the market.

It produces an instant natural green colour response.
Vertmax Duo is incredibly flexible to use. You can use Vertmax Duo on golf greens, golf courses, sportsfields and lawns.
Vertmax Duo contains a unique bio-active compound. This helps turf grass fight against biotic and abiotic stresses such as drought and disease.
It stimulates root growth adn lateral branching.
Vertmax Duo reduces the negative impact of UV light.
It is s a viable cost effective alternative to overseeding warm season turf. Our recent research into ryegrass vs pigments confirms this
You can use Vertmax Duo turf pigment as a spray pattern indicator to help with herbicide and fertilizer applications, and give more even coverage.
Its broadacre sister is Vertmax pigment.

Vertmax Duo contains the biostimulant salicylic acid. Research by ourselves and globally shows that salicylic acid:

Increases the germination rate of seed.
Improves plant health.
Increases the stress tolerance of turf grass.
Improves root growth morphology.
Increases chlorophyll production.
Increases relative leaf water content.

Salicylic acid activates defence responses within a plant, and increases a plants ability to fight against turfgrass diseases. It is similar to white cells in the human body that fight against infection. This makes it more difficult for fungi to infect turf grass.

You can use this novel turf pigment on all turf and in all climatic zones. Gilba Solutions granted a licence in 2023 to Prograss Bio to produce and market this product in the UK and Europe, and it is now used by many Premier League and Super League Clubs in the UK..

Key Features and Benefits or Vertmax Duo.

Vertmax Duo contains a high load of phthalocyanine pigment.
Trials show it lasts longer than other products in a golf green situation.
It contains a novel surfactant and sticker that give excellent leaf coverage and a short drying time. No staining once it dries.
There is a synergy between the copper pigment and the salicylic acid that results in significantly better turf quality.
Salicylic acid increases the tolerance of creeping bentgrass to bacterial pathogens like bacterial etiolation disease.
It improves turf health, and increases drought tolerance and disease resistance.
It causes increases in lateral root growth and deeper roots.
Salicylic acid increases the turf resistance to nematodes.
It gives an instant natural green colour to turf.
Vertmax Duo blocks out harmful UV light.
It is highly tank-compatible, and mixes with all turf fungicides, such as Tombstone Duo.