Sustainable Turfgrass for
a Sustainable World
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As
world demand for new golf courses and natural recreational
areas increases, architects, planners and regulatory
authorities look for design, inputs and management practices
that will produce the best possible product with the
lowest environmental impact. Today we now recognize
and understand that the Environment is impacted, either
positively or negatively, not only by inputs and management
practices at the project location, but also at the source
of manufacturing of the inputs selected. We all live
in One World and it truly is a global community. How
we manage our resources and manufacturing technologies
in one part of the world, ultimately affects all other
neighbors in the global community one way or another.
The
resulting green product – the new landscape, the renovated
sports pitch, the expanded park or newly opened golf
course ultimately grows into a verdant open space for
all to enjoy and for generations to come. Over 20 years
of applied research on Suståne natural fertilizers at
over 100 universities and research facilities around
the world have helped better define and understand how
a new generation of organic and organic based fertilizers
perform best in the growing zone. They serve to minimize
any negative impact on our natural environment. Building
parks, new golf courses and other recreational areas
in the outdoors ultimately provides what all people
long to experience: Green, healthy and sustainably managed
open spaces. It is our job and our responsibility to
ensure that what we create today is not only long lasting,
beautiful to observe and enjoyable for all to experience,
but also leaves our environment in a clean, safe and
sustainable place for future generations to come...
Turfgrass
Fertility Specifications for Environmentally Sensitive
Areas [pdf]
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“For rapid turf recovery
I highly recommend Bolster Granular 4-4-4+3Fe after
each aerification. It is a complete package that has
saved me both time and labor while achieving superior
results with turfgrass recovery after aerification.
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Joel Tholund
Superintendent, Atlantis Golf Club
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“
I must give a lot of the credit to the benefits
we had in improving our putting green turf, which
satisfied our members and guests. This result
came from using the Sustane fertilizers. I wish I
had been using Sustane here since the seeding
and grow-in of the course. I really believe many of
our excessive thatch problems, disease and
nematode problems would have been lessened
a lot. I really think if I had been using Sustane the
past couple years, the nematode and Take All
Patch problems of 2001 may never have shown
their ugly face. This year we only had a small area
on No. 15 green that had LDS [localized dry spot]
and another small area on the same green that
had Fairy Rings. There is something working with
the Sustane natural products that is improving
the health of the soil and in turn producing a
healthier plant.
I want you to know that I am now even more
confident that using Sustane has helped me
provide nice putting surfaces for our club and
given me a renewed confidence in that I am
going the right direction. Thank you for sticking
to your company plan and producing so many
balanced fertilizers for us greenkeepers.”
Oscar Miles, GCS
The Merit Club, Libertyville, Illinois Winter 2003-2004
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