I've recently added some new materials to the Bowls Central Shop to help further the invigoration of inert soil. One of the latest of these is BioActive Formula Green.
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Key Elements for Success with Natural Greenkeeping
As greenkeepers, we understand the importance of maintaining a healthy, vibrant and resilient green. In over 40 years of greenkeeping, however, I've noticed that a lot of what passes for greenkeeping has actually been very damaging to our soils, making it increasingly difficult to produce a good surface, reliably and economically.
A lot of greens are now difficult to maintain, exhibiting a host of common problems such as Localised Dry Patch, Moss Infestation, Excess Thatch, Disease, Thinning Grass Cover, Puddling, Bumps, Bad Runs and Dips
Mycorrhizal fungi and turf health, better bowling greens rely on us understanding this.
Mycorrhizal fungi and turf health go hand in hand. The symbiotic relationships that exist between our turf grass plants and soil fungi are critical to producing a high performance, perennial grass dominated sward. Here we look at the benefits of mycorrhizal relationships in turf and the techniques greenkeepers can employ to encourage them.
Grass Root Defences: Leatherjacket control in Bowling Greens
Grasses employ a range of physical, chemical, and indirect defences to protect their roots from insect herbivores. Further research is needed to fully understand these mechanisms and to explore other potential defences, but meantime, we can take some of this knowledge and apply it now to our greenkeeping practices.
Seaweed Meal 20kg
Our Seaweed Meal is 100% Ascophyllum nodosum harvested from the Atlantic Ocean.
Our product offers the following benefits:
- Promotes stress resistant healthy sward
- Increases soil fertility
- Reduces requirements for chemical fertiliser
- Useful source of organic carbon
- Contains carbohydrates, amino acids, protein and vitamins all essential for healthy soils
- Carbohydrates in Ascophyllum nodosum improves aeration & soil structure, especially in clay soils
- Excellent moisture retention properties
Supa Yucca Natural Wetting Agent 1 litre
Super concentrated plant extract acting as a combined wetting agent and BioStimulant
BENEFITS
- Breaks down the waxy coating that prevents water from entering the plant
- A plant sugar based surfactant that also stimulates soil microbes and increases the health of your soil
- Can be tank mixed with BioStimulants, liquid fertilisers & trace elements
- Non-phytotoxic
- Economical to use, with each 1 litre pack providing up to 3 full size bowling green applications
Supa Yucca Natural Wetting Agent 5 litre
Super concentrated plant extract acting as a combined wetting agent and BioStimulant
BENEFITS
- Breaks down the waxy coating that prevents water from entering the plant
- A plant sugar based surfactant that also stimulates soil microbes and increases the health of your soil
- Can be tank mixed with BioStimulants, liquid fertilisers & trace elements
- Non-phytotoxic
- Economical to use, with each 5 litre pack providing up to 15 full size bowling green applications
Liquid N Slow Release 28.0.0 (10L)
- Combined fast and slow release Nitrogen source 28.0.0
- Increased shoot and root development
- Improved plant nutritional health
- Provides sustained ‘Green-up’
- Promotes beneficial soil microorganisms activity
- No impact on substrate pH
- Will not scorch or burn
- Non hazardous product
Finding the Sweet Spot in Bowling Green Performance
The Sweet Spot in greenkeeping is when your green's Physical, Chemical and Biological components come into line to deliver results you couldn't previously have imagined were possible. Hitting that sweet spot is a lot simpler than you might imagine too, as focus on the soil's biology will naturally correct some of the worst Chemical problems and compensate for some of the worst Physical ones. There should be no problem "selling" this idea to your club either as first of all it saves money and secondly it massively improves green performance and consistency.
Compost Tea, what is it and what can it do for your bowling green?
Compost tea is a specially home brewed spray that will boost the microbe population in your bowling green, allowing you to encourage the finer grasses and combat dry patch, disease and thatch, naturally and effectively.
After studying this subject I can say that compost tea is an essential addition to the Performance Bowling Greens Program. Regular use of compost tea can significantly boost soil microbial activity and helps to make better use of fertiliser inputs. Correct formulation of the mixture during brewing will increase the dominance of the fine perennial grasses in the green sward.
By using compost teas, greenkeepers can reverse decades of damage caused by inorganic fertilisers, pesticides and excessive sand top-dressing.