Catégorie : Météo

One of the great things about my job is that I get to spend time chatting with turf managers. Last week I had the pleasure of working at Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, as part of the awesome support team, supporting James Bledge and his fine team. James and his team prepared a first class…

Whilst June can produce some ideal growing conditions, recent history of weather records show it also has the potential to pose extreme stress on turf plant health; from high heat and drought conditions, to some of the heaviest rainstorms and flash flooding. After the exceptionally dry and slow spring this season, statistically, we can look…

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…

With growing conditions severely pegged back by cold nights and the incredibly dry conditions throughout April, thoughts must now turn to warmer days and, if the drought conditions do break, a rapid bounce-back of new growth and recovery. When I look back at recent seasons, we’ve typically seen a surge in turf growth through warmer…