Category: Light

It’s that time of year when we all step back and search for the reason for the Etiolated growth that is appearing on many venues across the UK over the last two weeks. This soft, pale elongated growth can appear quickly and detracts from the visual impact of the surfaces you’re presenting. There has been…

To follow on from my last blog on light intensity you can see an interesting picture forming below. The below pictures show varying degrees of sunshine, intensity and day lengths. All the figures are for Sandwich Down on the south east coast where I usually find the highest sun intensity figures. All the map images…

Below are two graphs show light levels for all of 2018 and light levels so far in 2019. If you’ve read my last two blogs you’ll have a pretty good idea what’s going on and you can skip to the next section – if not here goes the simple version: The green lines are good,…

As we are now in the period of the longest days of the year it’s worth revisiting light and how it impacts the plant. Photosynthetically useful light is measured in Micromoles per square meter per second (µmoles/m2/s). This is a unit of the intensity of the light and can range in the UK from 0…

Just back from a really interesting couple of Days presenting at STRI Research 2018.This year we presented our current joint trial work with ICL, looking at the impacts of shade and light on turf. Our work will give us a really interesting insight into how turf can be managed under low levels of light. The…

What an incredible weekend for full on sunshine, which is set to last all week. You can almost hear the Clegg Hammers bouncing as surfaces firm up, rather than a soft dull thud! I spent Saturday basking in the sun at The Centurion Club near St Albans, for the GolfSixes. And whilst there was plenty…

Great day yesterday with a group of turf guys talking about fungicide planning for the autumn. Now this doesn’t mean using lots or even any, but looking at your surfaces, assessing the risk and putting a plan in place for what you might need, to get the best surfaces, with the least cost. A difficult…