Category: Plant Growth Regulator

What is Primo Maxx II? Primo Maxx II is a growth regulator that is used in sports turf primarily to regulate and suppress grass growth. That has advantages for time and cost savings, but also some real advantages for maintaining consistent surface playability. You can vary the amount of suppression you get by increasing the…

As we’ve reached the end of the Lockdown Trial I’ve concluded that, given the same situation again for a period of low intensity management, I’d apply as much Primo Maxx as the label would allow me too. But, it’s also given a fascinating insight and explanation as to why, under normal conditions, that’s probably not…

We’ve recently launched our Growing Degree Day (GDD) tool – (take a look here) and a sure sign of engagement is questions and I’ve had a few. In this blog I’m going to talk about why I keep talking about 150 GDD as a application window for PrimoMaxx II. What is a GDD application window?…

Not a lot of change this week – the weather has cooled so we have seen reduced growth, increased stress and some increased benefits of Primo Maxx to turf colour. Turf Colour First time I’ve mentioned colour. It’s a low maintenance trial and colour hasn’t been top of my list to talk about. The figures…

As turf management levels increase and golfers return and the Lockdown Trials reach week 7 it’s time to draw some conclusions. Whats the point? Maybe it’s the fact that I had another birthday this week – (thanks for all the kind birthday wishes, What a nice bunch you are) or maybe it’s just that I’ve…

Quick one this week as it’s half-term and I’m attempting to spend a bit of time with the kids! Which means squeezing one week’s work into two days – but I appreciate that’s nothing compared to the challenges you people are under! I’m seeing a lot of images on social media at the moment of…

What’s new this week? We’ve dropped the cutting height on the whole trial down one mm in cutting height in one go – a suggestion that was met with a few deep breaths by the team at STRI who are the custodians of good practice. However in this situation, in order to keep the trial…

OK, you all know the score, we all need to stay alert unless you’re in Scotland or Wales, in which case you need to stay at home. I’m allowed out as long as I’m alert but only if I have to be, unless I’m exercising, when I could be out all day as long as…

We’ve just launched our Growing Degree Day tool on Greencast. Please go and take a look. What is GDD? Growing Degree Days are simple tool that is used to measure the period of the day that is suitable for growing something. These models are used in agriculture, insect management, turf , etc. When Primo Maxx…

Last week I did a webinar on Plant Growth Regulators’s for BIGGA which appears to have got people looking at their turf care programs. If you missed it BIGGA have been good enough to let us have open access for all to to see. Here it is … One of the interesting things for me…