Greenkeeper International (May 2006)
Quick Contents:
- Life as a greenkeeper on the other side
- Greenkeeper Heaven
- Cutting the Burden of Grass
- Spray on or lay it down
- Be Prepared!
- Holes in the Ground
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Life as a greenkeeper on the other side
Leaving home for a far away country is never easy, and even more difficult when the destination is one that for many years you have felt sceptical about. That is how it was when I left to embark on an internship in the US with the Communicating for Agriculture Exchange Program. (Part of an international student exchange and training programme by The Toro Company.) Read more...
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Greenkeeper Heaven
Gareth Jones experiences first class customer service at Stock Brook The Country Club thanks to a real team effort. Read more...
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Cutting the Burden of Grass
Plant Growth Regulators have been routinely used to manage rough grass areas around the edge of the course. Now new PGR products are being introduced for use on teas, fairways and greens as well. Read more...
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Spray on or lay it down
Peter Bridgewater finds out how pitch line marking has come along way since the days of mixing up chalk powder and applying the resultant slurry to mark out pitch lines. Read more...
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Be Prepared!
At the first hint of spring, golfers are ready to play but are you and your sprayer prepared for that first outing? Richard Fry finds out... Read more...
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Holes in the Ground
Ian McClements studies aeration and its role in cultural disease suppression, fusarium patch and anthracnose basal rot. Read more...
