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Sussex are giving very encouraging results on the benefits of a new product from PlantWorks UK Ltd, a small company involved with mycorrhizal product formulation. Despite the success of
mycorrhizal products in retail horticulture and professional landscaping, a certain amount of scepticism still exists in the turfcare industry about how well they really work, and what role they can play in turf management. The problem is largely one of perception. Many biological products have appeared on the market over the years, and disappeared just as rapidly when they failed to deliver on their marketing claims. The situation in amenity turf is very similar to the one faced by the commercial horticulture industry some years ago, as Dr Mark Whittaker, a biopesticide expert from the commercial crop protection industry, explains: “Biological products have been
rials underway on the golf course at Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club in East
their host plant, they show far more adaptation to the soils in which they grow” said PlantWorks’ MD, Robert Patten. “Just as isolates from sandy soils don’t generally perform well in clay soils, isolates taken from outside the UK often don’t perform as well here as the indigenous strains.” It is precisely this approach to using only UK-origin isolates that led to the company’s retail product being formally endorsed as ‘best horticultural practice’ by the Royal Horticultural Society last year after lengthy evaluation at Wisley. Simon Taylor is the company’s Sales Manager: “Taking our RHS- endorsed isolate mix as the core, we added carefully selected components to aid water retention, soil structure and nutrient management - not only for the benefit of the grass, but also for the microbial communities that are a vital consideration when developing a holistic approach to managing amenity turf.” Among these additives is
around for years, for everything from controlling pests and diseases to enhancing plant growth. Whilst some work extraordinarily well, there are also a great many that work very poorly, and these are the ones that muddy the waters for more efficacious products. Although a similar situation exists in amenity turf, among the greenkeepers we have spoken to there does seem to be a willingness to try new products.” Clearly, the most important aspect of any product containing mycorrhizal fungi is the quality of the inoculum, not least because it is the most expensive component. At the core of rootgrow is the same blend of isolates found in the company’s’ retail and professional products, all of which are extracted from UK soils. “Whilst mycorrhizal fungi show fairly limited specificity in terms of
zeolite, a mineral with a honeycomb structure that slows the rate at which nutrients are leached from the soil. It also aids water retention, and increases aeroporosity by resisting soil compaction. Kevin Sweet, the Estate Manager at Ashdown Park Hotel and Country Club was keen to see for himself how the product would perform on their golf course. Built in around 1992, it consists of ‘push-up’ greens in which the indigenous substrate is pushed together to create a playing surface. Beneath the turf is a layer of accumulated topdressing material approximately 25mm deep, under which is silt subsoil. For the trial, four greens were
selected on the basis of their relative proximity and similarity in terms of size, south-facing aspect and previous management. Each was arbitrarily assigned to a treatment group as follows: Green 1 - Hollow tined and
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