are people on earth,” says Josh. “So, it’s no surprise that we are trying to encourage these guys to do all of our work for us, and the best way for us to achieve this is with compost and compost tea applications.”


“Compost applications not only provides a wide variety of micro- organisms, but are a source of organic matter in which to feed them and, eventually, the plant. Compost tea is a highly concentrated microbial solution that is produced by “brewing” compost in water in controlled environmental conditions to extract beneficial microbes from the compost. This solution is then applied as either a soil drench or a foliar treatment, to re-inoculate these beneficial


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microbes back into the soil.”


“By utilising beneficial microbiology in our turf systems we hope to, one day, produce totally organic turf surfaces, although we are not as far away from achieving this as you may think, as we haven’t used any pesticides, fungicides or insecticides in many years, and currently use very minimal herbicide applications to our main playing areas. In addition, we only use organic fertilisers.” Colin interjects: “In the first year, we were spraying monthly at an annual cost of £30,000. Now, we only spray the fairways for weeds. This year that cost us just over £600!”


“The main reason for moving away from inorganic fertilisers and chemical


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related applications is that they are highly dependent on fossil fuels and, therefore, are fundamentally unsustainable. Furthermore, there is direct significant scientific evidence that show these types of applications have a detrimental impact on beneficial soil life, which we are trying to encourage in our growing systems.”


“I’m not saying that being organic is the be all and end all of turfgrass management, not by any means. But, if we can produce superb turf, that offers uncompromising quality that basically looks after itself by utilising microbiology, that is produced organically with very little input, I really struggle to see any downfall” says Josh.


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