By Pat Jones | Like many superintendents, Canadian Trevor Anderson struggled with hydrophobicity on his course. He felt like he and his team were always chasing the problem with hoses, and with an older irrigation system, it was apparent that the problem needed to be approached differently. That’s when Anderson... read more →
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Nov
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By Pat Jones | The Schmidt’s have been caring for Butte des Morts Country Club for nearly a half-century and clay soils have always been their nemesis. That changed when Redox came along. Now Tim Schmidt says, “It’s the best decision I’ve ever made for plant health.” I’m not sure... read more →
Nov
29
Course manager Rob Hay has embraced a wide range of Aquatrols products to help return his classic heathland course in the Midlands of England to health and better performance for his members. Golf is one of the few truly global sports and that means agronomy has to meet global challenges.... read more →
Nov
29
By Pat Jones | Ready for a change, Bill Smith decided to take his superintendent skills and launch into an agronomic sales career last year. Once he joined the Van Diest Supply team, the whole world turned upside down with the pandemic. Instead of stepping back, Bill plunged full force... read more →
Nov
29
By John ("JT") Turner |Our own John “JT” Turner has worked with hundreds of superintendents over his long career. What’s his go-to program for effective water management? “Keep it simple.” For him, that starts with Dispatch Sprayable®. Dispatch Sprayable is the superintendent’s ‘workhorse’ for water efficiency. It can be a... read more →
Nov
29
By Pat Jones | The first superintendent at the legendary old Essex Country Club was a guy named Donald Ross. Now a century later his successor, Eric Richardson, maintains his minimalist tradition by counting on Revolution. As a kid, Eric Richardson had kind of a “Green Acres” moment that shaped... read more →
Nov
29
In our Behind The Drop Q&A series, we bring you brief interviews with some of the minds driving innovation at Aquatrols. We speak to a wide variety of folks who work here at Aquatrols, exploring topics from research, to conservation, to business. Today we are featuring an interview with Tom... read more →
Sep
15
By Aquatrols | Our super easy rewards program rewards program just got a little better. We asked our product manager, Robert Wilson, to give us a quick update on making the most of six full months of Aquatrol® Rewards deals. Here’s his quick summary on this year’s rewards program: What's... read more →
Sep
15
By Barry Bennett, CGCS Fall pre-emergent and potassium nutrition are a must in almost all successful turf management programs. Granular fertilizers with impregnated pre-emergent herbicides have been a standard for many years. Year over year these applications have become more and more expensive and full coverage is questionable. Wind, rainfall,... read more →
Sep
15
By Pat Jones | The SiteOne team in south Florida decided to do a comparison test and Aqueduct® Sprayable delivered the goods. If you’ve been in this industry for a while and you don’t know Erich Slider you probably haven’t been paying attention. He’s one of the last old-time LESCO... read more →