Tag: superintendents

Plant Health’s roots

July 23, 2014 By
From Germany to North Carolina to the local golf course, Plant Health is well traveled and well documented. This might not be the home of Plant Health, but it’s at least where it spent a couple summer vacations as a ...

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Canada’s house of turfgrass ideas

July 23, 2014 By
Canada’s Guelph Turfgrass Institute remains a leader in turfgrass research, despite a nationwide pesticide ban and an impending move. Elvis fans get all shook up at Graceland, sci-fi fans beam in on Area 51 and baseball fans flock to their ...

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Plant Health Part 2 of 3: Managing Extreme Weather

June 23, 2014 By
To help superintendents better manage extreme variations in weather conditions and temperatures, BASF has released its most recent lineup of fungicides — Lexicon Intrinsic and Xzemplar. Let’s face it. Golf is an unpredictable game. One moment you may be sinking ...

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Backed by Bayer app equips supers with turf tips, solutions

May 9, 2014 By
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience, released its Backed by Bayer app. Free for download on iPhone and iPad devices, the app provides solutions and preventive tips to combat weeds, turf diseases and pests.  “Increasingly, lawn care operators and superintendents are ...

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Golf course maintenance safety videos available in Spanish and English

May 6, 2014 By
McCord Golf Services and Safety completed its library of 12 golf course maintenance safety-training videos in Spanish and English. Mickey McCord, CGCS, developed the videos that educate superintendents, turf managers and grounds personnel on workplace safety. “Having all of our ...

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Look out for those guys when hiring

January 22, 2014 By
In looking ahead to interviewing and hiring the seasonal staff for the coming season, I started thinking about the recurring characters that you run across every year. I don’t mean encountering the exact same individual every year; I’m talking about ...

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