Category: Spring

We’ve reached that time of the year when we begin to see some Purpling in the leaf on our putting surfaces so it’s time for my annual blog about this subject. Click here to listen to the Podcast … This phenomenon expresses itself slightly differently in each grass species and biotype and back in my…

At this time of year I regularly get asked when should I start my Primo Maxx programme. I’ve added some additional complexities to it this year, because I’ve been talking a lot about growth degree days. Primo Maxx has been used for a long time now and I’ve seen a lot of different timings and…

We seem to be generating new weather records for fun these days. It’s officially the most Spring sunshine ever. Above is 20 years of accumulated sunshine data (in minutes), the top blue line is 2020 and you can see clearly how many hours of sunshine we’ve received this year and thats after a pretty average…