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Macro-Sorb Technologies to launch 3 new products at GIS

February 19, 2015 By
Macro-Sorb Technologies will launch three new products at the 2015 Golf Industry Show, held Feb. 21-26 in San Antonio. Its sister company, SMS Additive Solutions (SMS), also will introduce a new product to combat soil bicarbonate issues. Macro-PHITE by Macro-Sorb is a double-action plant protection phosphite fertilizer formulated to ...

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Inside the ropes: 2014 Golfdom Summit recap

February 18, 2015 By
From french fries with Phil Mickelson to the vision of golf as a melting iceberg, the 2014 Golfdom Summit is a tale to be told. “I always like to open with a story, but I was told I don’t have ...

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Nitrogen fertility, mowing height and topdressing effects on anthracnose

February 18, 2015 By
Anthracnose on annual bluegrass (Poa annua) greens, caused by Colletotrichum cereale Manns, can be suppressed by increasing nitrogen fertility, mowing height and sand topdressing. Effects of these practices on disease severity and ball roll remain unknown. A three-year field trial ...

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Photos courtesy of: Ben McGraw

Don’t fall behind in annual bluegrass weevil management

February 18, 2015 By
The annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) or “Hyperodes weevil” (Listronotus maculicollis, formerly Hyperodes maculicollis) is a severe problem on many golf courses in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States and eastern Canada. ABW is intensely managed with insecticides to prevent larval ...

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Bringing precision to topdressing

February 18, 2015 By
Scott Kinkead is executive vice president of Turfco Manufacturing Inc., and has worked in the golf course industry his entire career. Kinkead is active in all aspects of the company and enjoys bringing new technology to Turfco’s products. Scott can ...

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The Andersons’ Humic DG now available in Canada

February 11, 2015 By
The Andersons Turf & Specialty Group’s Humic DG is now available to customers in the Canadian turf, agriculture and horticulture markets. Listed as a registered supplement by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Humic DG is a dispersing granule product that ...

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