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ENHANCED DISEASE CONTROL BEGINS WITH SUSTÅNE COMPOST BASED NATURAL FERTILIZERS

“Results of studies conducted over the past 10-15 years have clearly shown the potential for compost amendments to reduce the severity and incidence of a wide variety of Turfgrass diseases, particularly when applied either as a topdressing, a winter cover, a root zone amendment, or as an aqueous extract (compost tea).”

“Preplant organic amendments incorporated into root zones such as those used in sand-based golf course putting greens may have a dramatic long-term disease control efficacy.”

Eric B. Nelson, Ph. D. Cornell University

Pavero GC, Sardinia, Italy

Alternative Controls of Turf Anthracnose Study

Integrated Health Management and Thatch Control in Golf Greens at Morro Bay Golf Course – 1994-1995.  University of California – Riverside; Nigel Grech, Howard Ohr, Steve Campbell

Conclusions from trials for Summer Decline / Turf Anthracnose on Bent-Poa putting greens:

• There were differences between treatments when turf was evaluated for visual plot health as rated by disease pressure, nutrition (color) and phytotoxicity. Suståne treatments rated highest in overall turf quality and color.

• The levels of anthracnose and pythium were uniform at the beginning of the trial. Differences in treatments were apparent halfway through the experiment. Generally conventional fungicides produced lower disease as compared to the biological treatments, Suståne treatments of 5?2?4 Natural Organic and Suståne 5?2?4+2 Fe Natural Base fertilizers were the exception. These products finished second and fourth respectively out of 24 treatments, with Daconil finishing at number 1 with only a slightly higher score for disease management. Suståne treatments were not significantly different than Daconil.

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