Golf


Close up of EnviroBunker In 2012, the entire schedule was due to


be repeated, commencing in April. Having carried out one hollow coring and broadcast seeding operation across the whole course, Andrew was asked by the committee if it would be possible to reduce the level of disturbance being caused to the greens and find a way of speeding up the work, which had been taking almost a week to complete. Knowing that local contract business, @turf, was operating the only Vredo Super Compact disc-type overseeder in South Wales, Andrew asked business co- owner, David Pearce, to bring in his machine for assessment. The results were so effective that they


A Toro Greensmaster being put through its paces


were brought in to overseed all of the greens in July, August and October last year and are booked in for six further visits during both 2013 and 2014. “The Vredo machine not only


produces less disturbance and faster turf recovery, but it can overseed our twenty- one greens in a day and a half, making two passes per green,” commented Andrew. “It is also having a very positive impact on our grass species exchange programme, which we hope will be further encouraged by our new fertiliser campaign." For the first time since Andrew took over as course manager, fertiliser will be prepared traditionally on-site using three


basic ingredients: sulphate of ammonia, sulphate of potassium and sulphate of iron, all delivered in 25kg bags by ALS, the club’s favoured materials supplier for more than six years. “We’ll be adding a sand carrier and applying the home-mixed fertiliser using our truck-mounted Dakota topdresser, which had previously been under-utilised on the course,” explained Andrew. “Making our own fertiliser not only gives us more control, but is also fifty percent cheaper than buying-in a proprietary product. In today’s economic climate, that saving will be extremely helpful to the golf club.”


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