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Wetting Agent Technology The role of wetting agents has, until now, primarily been to prevent and cure dry patch or to move water through the soil surface and into the root zone. However, with water an increasingly important resource, wetting agents are taking on new roles to improve water conservation, turf health and overall turf quality that can enhance the playing experience. Wetting agents have traditionally had two very clear and distinct functions - to move water away from the surface or to retain water in the soil profile. Penetrants move water down from the surface through the soil profile; polymers hold water within the soil profile.The chemistry of wetting agent technology - and the clearly different purpose for each component - makes it physically impossible for any single penetrant or polymer to fulfil both roles.How do penetrants work?Penetrant wetting agents effectively work by making water wetter! It means each water droplet spreads more easily and can penetrate soils more readily…

 Greenkeepers and turf managers with Hardi sprayers can now buy replacement caps to allow the direct fitting of Syngenta Turf Foliar Nozzles. The caps are quick and easy to fit to all Hardi sprayers with the bayonet style fittings.  ** Please note this replacement cap design allows the standard Hardi filter to be fitted with the nozzle. Some other designs of replacement cap for Hardi sprayers do not allow the nozzle filter to be fitted, which can increase the risk of nozzle blockages and inaccurate application.The Hardi caps will also allow the use of other nozzles with international standard bayonet fixing design.Hardi replacement caps are available from Syngenta, along with the Syngenta Turf Foliar Nozzle and other Art of Application tools. Click here for more information and to order direct.Key features of the Syngenta Turf Foliar Nozzle include:Reduced risk of spray driftIncreased number of spraying opportunitiesOptimised spray pattern for leaf coverage and thatch…

Thank you for signing up for Operation Pollinator.It is an excellent initiative that can help you increase biodiversity on your course. Find more case studies, stories, advice and tips on our operation pollinator pages www.greencast.co.uk/operation-pollinator   To download a copy of the Operation Pollinator agreement, please click below 

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Turf growth is often wildly inconsistent through the spring. Understanding weather patterns for consistent growth is essential to help guide recovery from winter damage and to better time all management decisions. Turf Advisor gives you the data to decide.Pick the appropriate Turf Advisor tools for your dashboard and prioritise their order, to better understand turf growth patterns and when to act.Find out more about Turf Advisor, or download from the links below

Find out more about the of the hugely successful Syngenta Operation Pollinator Award winners. See how their practical tips and tricks could be incorporated on your course.

 Elsham Golf Club in Lincolnshire has won the prestigious Operation Pollinator Award for its outstanding habitat creation and ecological work around the course. First Assistant Greenkeeper, Anthony Darker, highlights how they successfully established the wildflower areas that have made the club such an attraction for wildlife and for players.Our journey to bring the golf course to life and make it more environmentally attractive was inspired by a Syngenta Operation Pollinator seminar back in 2011. We saw the potential of what we could achieve, and welcomed the practical advice to help set us on the way.   The first year we selected areas of the course that were out of play. Typically these were unsightly scrub with thick broad-leaved grasses. In the first instance we cut the areas back to 50mm height, cleared the debris and sprayed with Rescue to kill off the rough grasses.Within three weeks the grasses had died back, so we went in with the scarifier, operated in two directions, to remove…

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Dollar spot outbreaks increasingly result in serious surface quality loss on greens, approaches and tees. Changing climatic conditions and Integrated Turf Management (ITM) practices are driving the severity of attacks.Turf Advisor gives you the data to decide control strategies. Pick the appropriate Turf Advisor tools for your dashboard and prioritise their order, to better understand dollar spot risks and when to act.  Find out more about Turf Advisor, or download from the links below:

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