I’ve sometimes asked readers of this blog to take on board some fairly lofty principles, which at first, might seem unrelated to the real world of daily greenkeeping with all the incumbent pressures and demands it brings. Bowling green performance is a long term game and consistently paying attention to 3 key principles will pay great dividends. In stark contrast to this we have the chopping and changing of techniques, materials and ideas I see and hear about at clubs all over the UK which almost always results in disappointment.

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A lot of bowling greenkeepers simply don’t have the time or facilities to brew compost tea regularly enough for it to make a real difference. As a result, I am frequently asked if there is an effective alternative that is easy to use and avoids the brewing process and set up, hence the New, Biology Bundle!

The Biology Bundle gives you enough materials to complete 10 full bowling green applications and comprises the following proven products:

• VermiExtract (10 litres) A probiotic liquid extraction derived from organic Vermicompost. It contains soil bacteria, fungi and protozoa, which form the foundation of a healthy Soil Food Web
• BioTabs (20 Tabs) An effervescent tablet with 4 Strains of Trichoderma fungi and 5 strains of Bacillus bacteria, an easy and cost effective way of getting good microbes into your green.
• Liquid Endo Mycorrhizhae (200ml) Liquid Endo Mycorrhizal Inoculant contains a minimum of 1,100,000 Endo-mycorrhizal Propagules per litre. It promotes rapid root and shot growth for fine perennial grasses without encouraging Poa annua.