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Cabrio Ultra Fine Ryegrass: Still fine under pressure
For greenkeepers and groundsmen looking for a top-performing perennial ryegrass with the very best fineness of leaf, there is still only one choice.
New browntop bentgrass enhances specialist golf green mixtures
Germinal has updated two of its greens-specific bentgrass blends by adding newly listed browntop cultivar, Musket, to its Aber®Majesty and ForeFront Greens seed mixtures
Cathcart Castle hosts Scottish creeping bentgrass trial
Scott Davidson, head greenkeeper at Cathcart Castle Golf Club to the south of Glasgow, has reinstated a redundant green on his club’s course, with the renovated space acting as a trial site for the latest generation of creeping bentgrasses.
By growing a small selection of cultivars under real ...
Bespoke seed mixture provides the perfect blend
The creation of a bespoke over-seeding mixture has enabled the greenkeeping team at Dunblane New Golf Club to improve the uniformity and aesthetics of the club’s fairways and tees, with a carefully chosen seed formula ensuring new grass growth blends seamlessly with the course’s existing swards.
Disease management webinars: Controlling fusarium and anthracnose with reduced fungicide usage
The following disease management webinars were recorded at the Wentworth Club in Surrey where Germinal hosted a group of 100 greenkeepers from across the UK to learn more about how the use of 007 DSB Creeping Bentgrass has improved the speed, playability and consistency of the greens on the ...
New browntop bentgrass, Musket, rifles into Germinal’s golf green mixtures
Germinal has announced that it has gained exclusive UK, Ireland and European distribution rights for new browntop bentgrass cultivar, Musket, and that the new variety will be included in the company’s range of greens-specific seed mixtures in 2020.
Apply an anti-stress fertiliser to maximise disease resistance this autumn
Greenkeepers, groundsmen and amenity space managers should apply more than just nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to their green areas this autumn, with magnesium and iron essential to maintaining healthy, disease free grass swards throughout the winter.
Fineness of leaf is the overseeding focus in Kent
For the Wildernesse Club near Sevenoaks in Kent, two key competitions in June – the Club Captain’s Prize and a regional qualifying tournament for The Open – provide the focus for greenkeeping efforts each year.
Bespoke short game facility raises the standard at Moor Park
At Moor Park Golf Club in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, the club’s mission is to be recognised as one of the top private members’ establishments in London and the Home counties. For the 23-strong greenkeeping team this means constantly improving the club’s 36-holes and various practice areas.
Wildflowers enhance new home aesthetics
Following complaints from residents on a new housing development in Basingstoke about the poor appearance of a strip of land separating their homes from a public open space, landscaping and specialist grounds maintenance contractor, The Grounds Care Group, has recently been appointed to ...