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…
Autore: Glenn Kirby
The Lockdown – Lowdown Conclusion
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…
Fairy Rings
The term ‘fairy ring’ is used to describe a number of turf grass diseases where soil-borne fungi cause certain symptoms to develop on the surface of the sward. Fairy rings are caused by the activity of many fungi classified as basidiomycetes. Not all basidiomycete fungi cause fairy rings but all fairy rings are caused by…
GDD Tool – FAQ – 150 GDD?
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?…
Fairy Rings on Cricket Pitches
Thanks to the TurfCareBlog team for inviting me along to their turf chat tonight on Fairy Rings. Really interesting chat about the challenges of managing fairy ring on Cricket pitches. It’s a great blog – well worth a visit. Click here to go see…………… The interesting bit for me was talking about how to get…
The Lockdown – Lowdown Week 8
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…
GDD Tool – FAQ – Different figures?
We’ve recently launched our GDD tool – take a look … and a sure sign of engagement is questions and I’ve had a few. In this blog I’m going to talk about why some of your GDD figures look different to the ones you’ve generated on-line and why it probably doesn’t matter anyway. A traditional…
GDD Tool – FAQ- Data?
We’ve recently launched our GDD tool – take a look……. and a sure sign of engagement is questions and I’ve had a few. I this blog I’m going to talk about where the weather data comes from how it’s generated and why its the most reliable way to do it. The GDD tool says its…
Sunniest Spring ever! Why I didn’t talk about Ryder and why I regret it.
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…
The Lockdown – Lowdown Week 7
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…