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Ultra Soil Solutions Organic Success

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Ultra Soil Solutions Organic Success: As part of Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd development, we are proud to have been appointed UK distributors for ALN organic products, which we will be launching at BTME 2019 (stand 240 RED).

Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd, are continually working to provide our customers with solutions in an increasingly difficult market. With traditional chemicals being withdrawn from sale, sports turf managers are in need of cost effective, readily available and environmentally friendly alternatives.

Ultra Soil Solutions Organic Success

Andy Church, MD at Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd stated, “As with all of our products, we let our loyal customers tell us how effective they are”.

Having now had the range tested by greenkeepers and groundsman who already use our market leading GYP-FLO liquid gypsum, the “Renovation” range is proving to be a very cost effective nutritional input programme that can also offer real advances in pest and disease control. Our “Natur Engorde” has been used to produce playing surfaces to the highest standard, as seen in this picture.

Our customers have found that they can improve their playing surfaces whilst saving money!                                       

In addition to Natur Engorde, our new Sekacit, Sekamosa and Tuta liquid organic products are specifically formulated to increase the plants resistance to fungal and pest infestation.

Our direct involvement in the production of the range and close cooperation with the manufacturers, allows us to tailor products to meet our customers specific needs.

For more information on this new development in liquid organic nutrient solutions, contact Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd on sales@ultrasoil.co.uk or Andy Church on 07835 066439 Alternatively, come and visit us at BTME Harrogate 2019, stand number 240

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Ultra Soil Solutions Organic Success

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Ultra Soil Solutions Organic Success: As part of Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd development, we are proud to have been appointed UK distributors for ALN organic products.

Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd, are continually working to provide our customers with solutions in an increasingly difficult market. With traditional chemicals being withdrawn from sale, sports turf managers are in need of cost effective, readily available and environmentally friendly alternatives.

Ultra Soil Solutions Organic Success

Andy Church, MD at Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd stated, “As with all of our products, we let our loyal customers tell us how effective they are”.

Having now had the range tested by greenkeepers and groundsman, the “Renovation” range is proving to be a very cost effective nutritional input programme that can also offer real advances in pest and disease control. Our “Natur Engorde” has been used to produce playing surfaces to the highest standard, as seen in this picture.

Our customers have quoted, “Given the ease of application, and speedy response from the Natur Engorde, I was immediately impressed”. If I can improve my playing surfaces and reduce costs at the same time, it’s an easy decision for me!”

In addition to Natur Engorde, our new Sekacit, Sekamosa and Tuta liquid organic products are specifically formulated to increase the plants resistance to fungal and pest infestation.

Our direct involvement in the production of the range and close cooperation with the manufacturers, allows us to tailor products to meet our customers specific needs.

For more information on this new development in liquid organic nutrient solutions, please contact Ultra Soil Solutions Ltd on sales@ultrasoil.co.uk or Andy Church on 07835 066439

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Good Soil Grows Good Plants

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Good Soil Grows Good Plants: Time spent preparing soil is an important investment that will bring rewards for many seasons to come. Soil cultivation is the simple principle of breaking up and loosening soil to create good, healthy foundations. It’s also the process of removing weeds and ensuring the ground is not compacted so that water, air and nutrients can get to the plants freely. This is particularly important when growing new plants to help them get established in their new home.

There are many methods for soil cultivation, all often requiring a different tool which can cause problems for how to store multiple tools, particularly for allotment owners with minimal storage space. The WOLF-Garten multi-change® offers the capabilities of 27 tools in one so eradicates this issue.

Good Soil Grows Good Plants

The multi-change® range is a series of interchangeable tool heads which can be partnered with 15 different handles, giving different lengths and functionalities. Each handle has a guaranteed fixed seat which enables it to withstand vibration and absorb shock when in use, and options include lightweight recycled aluminium, telescopic or FSC certified wood in a range of lengths and handle styles.

The multi-change® cultivation range incorporates all the tools needed to keep borders and allotment areas in good condition. If features grubbers, hoes, ridgers, weeders, millers and rakes among others to help keep weeds at bay, whilst breaking down the soil. There are also an additional seven handheld tools for working in confined areas such as small beds, borders or containers. Each tool has a solid, robust design with tines, prongs and blades that will resist bending, wear and corrosion.

WOLF-Garten has 35 years’ experience developing multi-change® tools for healthy and effective gardening. To celebrate this brand heritage, WOLF-Garten offers a 35 year guarantee – a true testament to product longevity and durability. The system uses a patented ‘click’ connection and includes more than 60 different tool heads and 15 different handles, so is bound to cover all the garden tasks you can think of. A handle is your multi-change® tool collection starting point, whether it’s for general use or more specific applications.

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Soil Biology Brings Rewards

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Soil Biology Brings Rewards: A greens team has seen its maintenance budget double and recruitment increase having introduced a range of soil biology methods across the course.

Harpenden Common Golf Club swept aside its existing greens renovation programme in favour of a less intrusive, environmental one based on applying compost teas, fertilisers, trace elements and zeolites.

Soil Biology Brings Rewards

“The old system of digging up our waterlogged greens twice a year to try to improve drainage had failed,” reports head greenkeeper Sean Brocklehurst, “so we invited an agronomist specialising in soil biology to take a look at the problem.”

Soil Biology Ltd’s Hillery Murphy recommended an extensive programme of boosting the microbial count across the 18-hole private members parkland course in a bid to reduce thatch and strengthen the rootzone.

Now in its fourth year of the soil biology strategy, Harpenden Common is reaping the benefits inside and outside the clubhouse, states Sean. “Poor drainage on the greens made them unplayable sometimes, forcing us to close the course and risking loss of members. Playing surfaces have improved so much that we can stay open year-round, which is great news for everyone here.”

General manager Terry Crump said: “Our key priority is to deliver the best possible course conditions and clubhouse facilities for our members. They will go elsewhere if we cannot provide golf whenever they want it.

“It’s no exaggeration to state that the club might have struggled if we had persisted with our existing maintenance strategy, which relied heavily on chemical and physical treatments.”

Year-round course playability has helped the club double the greens team’s maintenance budget, allowing it to introduce improvements across the site.

Soil Biology Brings Rewards

“We are raising standards off course as well as on to boost presentation around the playing areas,” says Sean, “and we have been able to recruit an apprentice greenkeeper to increase the team to seven. “

Harpenden Common applies Soil Biology products right across the course to raise quality throughout. “The zeolites add structural integrity to the turf and retain then release nutrients over time,” Sean explains, “also encouraging a healthy balance of beneficial bacteria in the rootzone. Members agree the state of the course is the best it has ever been.”

Hillery Murphy says: “Harpenden Common is a great testimony to soil biology.  Zeolites deliver more consistent results, creating a honeycomb in which beneficial microbes can thrive and metabolise nutrients for the grass plant to take up. This is the future for course maintenance practices.”

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2020 Vision On Soil Biology

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2020 Vision On Soil Biology: A new generation of greenkeepers are promoting the huge benefits that soil biology can bring to course management.

That was a key message soil specialist Joel Williams delivered to course managers, head greenkeepers and grounds professionals attending Soil Biology Ltd’s seminar ‘Getting Ready for 2020’ at Harpenden Common Golf Club on 14 November.

2020 Vision On Soil Biology

For too long, greenkeepers had focused on the chemical and physical dynamics of turfcare, he stressed, in some cases without sufficiently considering the third key element – biology.

It is now clear that by nurturing relationships between grass plants, bacteria, mycorrhizae and other soil life such as nematodes, greenkeepers can dramatically improve course conditions year-round, he argued.

By adopting a soil biology approach, clubs can attract greater usage and more members, while enabling greenkeepers to deliver course maintenance more efficiently – a message chiming with young greenkeepers rising through the ranks.

“We are beginning a transition from a mainly mechanical approach to soil and turf health to a balanced focus as part of an integrated system that includes biological processes and systems,” Joel stated.

Mounting pressure on greenkeepers to find alternative applications amid tougher EU controls on applied chemicals had moved soil biology up the agenda, Joel told the audience.

Harpenden Common head greenkeeper Sean Brocklehurst, who sits on BIGGA’s Young Greenkeepers Committee, revealed how soil biology practices and processes using applied products such as zeolites, had transformed “extremely wet, unplayable greens” into golfing surfaces sustaining year-round playability.

“The club has attracted more business because of the improved playing conditions, which in turn allowed us to invest further in improving aesthetic appearance right across the course,” he said.

The greens team works closely with a consultant from Soil Biology Ltd, who visits the club regularly to ensure the strategy is working optimally.

Attending the seminar in his role as course manager at The Richmond Golf Club, BIGGA Chairman Les Howkins added: “No longer is soil biology on the edge of course management as perhaps it was 20 years ago.

“Soil biology has always been vital to turf health but what is critical now is greenkeepers’ understanding of it, enabling them to manipulate it for the benefit of course conditions.”

Outlining the principles of soil biology, Joel discussed the functions, roles and interactions of soil life in golf greens – introducing key groups of organisms in the soil ecosystem.

Delegates learned how to advance soil biology and leverage the most from turf soils by understanding total, exchangeable and soluble nutrient pools, including the biological link to foliar-applied inputs.

Integrated pest management concluded Joel’s overview as he peered into the frontiers of soil biology, turf health and sustainable, resilient golf greens.

Sponsored and developed by Soil Biology Ltd, `Getting Ready for 2020` also included overviews of the products and programmes the company provide for sportsturf maintenance.

Email Paul Adams at paul@soil-biology.co.uk or phone Hillery Murphy on 07342 640650 to learn more about how to introduce soil biology into a course management strategy.

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