from the effects of drought to offer you a more persistent, sustainable sward with reliable performance characteristics in place of the high demand cycle of Poa regeneration.
Water quality
A FEW turf managers, including sports fields, golf courses and turf producers, have had to resort to salt water sources (20,000 parts per million) to keep their turf alive. Again, there are species and cultivars which are better adapted to salt tolerance. Cultivars of traditional species, such as Barlennium perennial ryegrass and Barcrown slender creeping red fescue, have this salt tolerant characteristic, as do innovative species such as RTF and crested hairgrass. It is possible this type of water source (borehole, tidal river, treated effluent) may become a necessary part of future irrigation programmes.
Winter uncertainties
We don’t know what next summer will bring, or what’s in store for us this winter. It could be mild and very wet (nature has to balance out somewhere) or we could experience a very cold spell in spring (more like continental Europe), particularly on the eastern side of the UK. A general recent trend over the past few years has been for warmer temperatures later into the autumn and early winter, but staying cooler later into spring. Fertiliser programmes will need adjusting to suit this seasonal growth change and disease pressure will become more of an issue.
drought issue has been the priority this summer, we mustn’t forget that we suffer from other, equally damaging environmental pressures such
While coping with the
as waterlogging, shade, disease, cool temperature growth etc. This is why it is increasingly important that Barenbrug’s extensive breeding and research programmes on every continent work together to help you respond to the challenges of climatical and environmental change.
Forward planning
THE summer drought and associated water restrictions underlined the urgent requirement for increased use of drought tolerant grasses in amenity applications. But let’s not forget winter 2005 and late spring 2006, which was a sharp reminder that grasses suffer drought stress in cold temperatures as well as in heat.
Now is the time to prepare for whatever the coming winter may hold and for the possibility of further water restrictions and escalating costs in 2007. Think of the financial implications; no playing surface equals lost revenue if your competitors are better placed to provide. Investment now in carefully selecting your autumn 2006 and spring 2007 renovation mixtures will be rewarded. Any grass once established, however drought tolerant, still requires water for successful germination and establishment; timing of overseeding and sowing at the recommended depth will help you control water requirement at this critical time. You will never have a greater need or a greater opportunity than at this present time so seize the moment and help make life just that little bit less stressful!
Barenbrug Telephone: 01359 272000 Fax: 01359 272001, email:
info@baruk.co.uk www.barenbrug.co.uk
Will brown golf courses like this become more common?
fescue (left) and slender creeping red fescue (right). Saline solution
months.
tolerance - chewings
Salt
30,000ppm applied for three
Grasses suffer drought stress in cold temperatures too.
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