I’ve seen a bit of Twitter activity recently about the dry weather and how things are drying out from the wetter early part of March. As we’ve now had a few days of dry weather using the moisture probes we have in the ground we can begin to plot some trends. The below video shows… Read More Spring Dry down – Soil Moisture Levels
I had the pleasure of visiting 3 golf courses recently – all of whom have undertaken greens maintenance operations of some sort. As I travel around talking to people about their disease management programmes, challenges and successes I think I’m beginning to see a correlation between August renovation weeks and high levels of fungicide use.… Read More Greenkeeping and Golf Courses – Renovation Challenges
Quick one this time – When I was a course manager, I used to use smaller nozzles for some applications believing that lower water volumes and smaller droplets could be compensated for by “watering in”. Well it’s not strictly true. Many of the products sold are so rainfast (one of our number one objectives when… Read More XC04’s vs XC08’s – Application Nozzles
I had the great pleasure of visiting Gothenburg this week to support Lars, our commercial manager in Sweden, at the Swedish Greenkeepers association. What a thoroughly enjoyable couple of days it was and thank you to all the Swedish greenkeepers who welcomed me. These guys are a step further on than us with limitation on… Read More Swedish Greenkeepers Asscociation – Active Ingredients Regulations
Last week I spoke to a group about some sure-fire wins that are guaranteed to improve your surfaces with little work. We spoke about measuring greens correctly in my last blog. The next quick win is nozzle technology. As time has gone by nozzle technology has developed dramatically. Yet still I’m surprised at the number… Read More Spray Technology – Sure-fire win #2
I’m always shocked when I talk to course managers and find out that their greens are 1 Ha. It’s uncanny how greens dimensions are the same at so many places! This week I was fortunate enough to talk to the Kent Bigga section at Hadlow college about the Evolution of disease management. It was a… Read More Greenkeepers – Know your area
