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Headland reduces fungicide costs

June 22, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Louise Challiss

Headland reduces fungicide costs: A successful trial of Headland Amenity’s 20/20/30 tank-mix over the winter of 2019 has seen it become a staple in the nutritional programme at Warwickshire’s Oakridge Golf Club. Having previously fallen victim to costly Fusarium outbreaks on the greens for a number of consecutive years, Head Greenkeeper Ben Copson has been […]

Reassurance from Reesink

June 22, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Rosie Duckworth

Reassurance from Reesink: Reesink Turfcare has developed three new easy-care maintenance plans which will be rolled out over the coming weeks through its three turfcare branches in Scotland, South East and East Anglia. The plans – rated Gold, Silver and Bronze – are designed to reassure customers that there’s a range of maintenance plan to […]

Headland reduces fungicide costs

June 22, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Louise Challiss

Reassurance from Reesink

June 22, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Rosie Duckworth

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Headland reduces fungicide costs

June 22, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Louise Challiss

Headland reduces fungicide costs: A successful trial of Headland Amenity’s 20/20/30 tank-mix over the winter of 2019 has seen it become a staple in the nutritional programme at Warwickshire’s Oakridge Golf Club.

Having previously fallen victim to costly Fusarium outbreaks on the greens for a number of consecutive years, Head Greenkeeper Ben Copson has been really impressed with both the condition of the greens and reduction in fungicide costs achieved by switching to Headland’s Enhanced Plant Health (EPH) strategy.

Headland reduces fungicide costs

“Every autumn Greenkeeper’s always worry – wondering how you’re going to fair with disease over the upcoming winter period and how much it could cost to rectify” says Ben, who has been at Oakridge for 20 years. “I sat down with our Headland Regional Technical Manager Andy Lane who suggested the 20/20/30 approach and the potential benefits this could bring for the greens.” After hearing how the tank-mix of Liquid Turf Hardener, Turfite^® Elite and Seamac^® ProTurf Fe, together with Mantle, had worked effectively at other clubs, Ben commenced monthly applications in October.

“We could see after the first couple of applications how strong and healthy the plant was by its colour, and how much better the greens held up when we conducted our mechanical maintenance. We also received some fantastic comments from both our members and pay and play golfers on how great the greens looked and played, especially considering how wet the winter was.” The 20/20/30 also kept disease occurrence in check, with just a single fungicide application required over the whole winter period.

Ben added that the EPH strategy contributed to the smoothest transition from winter to summer, with the greens emerging stronger and healthier than they ever had previously. “With USGA greens, we’re open for year-round play which means the pressure is on my team and I to keep them in good enough condition to cope. We used to secretly hope for a bit of snow to give the greens a breather before the start of the new playing season, but with this 20/20/30 EPH approach keeping the greens stronger than ever, we won’t be hoping for snow anymore!”

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Reassurance from Reesink

June 22, 2020/in News, Press Release/by Rosie Duckworth

Reassurance from Reesink: Reesink Turfcare has developed three new easy-care maintenance plans which will be rolled out over the coming weeks through its three turfcare branches in Scotland, South East and East Anglia.

The plans – rated Gold, Silver and Bronze – are designed to reassure customers that there’s a range of maintenance plan to suit the needs of every customer, giving customers the best support at an affordable price with no hidden surprises.

Reassurance from Reesink

David Jackman, operations manager at Reesink Turfcare, comments: “As a distributor, we are focussed on the way we deal with customer support and achieving the best solution possible. Machinery maintenance is an absolutely given; it’s a non-negotiable in terms of getting the best out of your machinery and we wanted to create a service that made sure customers have the option to safeguard their investment.”

All three plans bring big benefits when it comes to efficient budgeting and cost control. The cost is fixed for the period of the contract and there is the choice of monthly or quarterly payments. Only genuine Toro parts are used, disposal fees are included, and every machine gets a free annual health check. Whichever plan you choose all scheduled servicing is covered and peace of mind is guaranteed.

David continues: “We developed three plans to offer a solution for our customers. Reassurance comes from knowing you can be assured your machines will perform to the best of their ability whichever package you have. When we talk to our customers regarding new machinery we are constantly asked for extended warranty programmes and guarantees, so we have developed the Gold Plan that covers all servicing work, breakdowns, replacement spare parts and acts like a warranty programme over the duration of the contract at a fixed price.”

These plans further reinforce the common goals and values that are the baseline for supporting the company’s commercial turf customers with high standards for servicing, repairs and warranty, and the spare parts supply process. Especially when placed alongside the back-up and support of Reesink’s service centres and network of Authorised Service and Dealer Locations, and initiatives such as the Service Level Agreement which benchmarks great customer service.

David says: “It means that buying Toro comes with buying into a support network like no other. The parts backup is second-to-none and as a Toro customer you are never more than a maximum 72-hours away from the part you need and minimum downtime and maximum productivity.”

It’s this approach that’s seen Reesink recognised by The Toro Company for its outstanding performance in parts, service and technical training in the past – and with these new plans for machinery maintenance and servicing, it’s a standard that continues into the future.

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Headland reduces fungicide costs

Reassurance from Reesink

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Headland reduces fungicide costs

Headland reduces fungicide costs: A successful trial of Headland Amenity’s 20/20/30 tank-mix over the winter of 2019 has seen it become a staple in the nutritional programme at Warwickshire’s Oakridge Golf Club.

Reassurance from Reesink

Reassurance from Reesink: Reesink Turfcare has developed three new easy-care maintenance plans which will be rolled out over the coming weeks through its three turfcare branches in Scotland, South East and East Anglia.

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