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take away some of the grubs. We don’t get crows, magpies, or any other of the corvids. As far as I know, we don’t get any larger pests at all. We have treated it with Chlorpyrifos which will, of course, now be Nemasys next time we treat, since the former is no longer available. On that note, I’m going to try to go as organic as I possibly can from now on. The chicken‐based product called ‘Organo’ [Maxwell Turf Organic Fertiliser 16‐3‐8 +2MgO +1Fe] is one I’ve already taken up.
I used it in the summer, and it was wonderful. It lasted for ten weeks. It’s very fine‐grain, so it sinks straight in, and you see the green look healthy within ten days of it going on. I’m going to get more of that next year, after I’ve used up the last of my liquid feed supplies.
But, primarily, I’m going to go down the route of using HumiMax and Turf Hardener, to increase the take‐up of the other products I put into the green. That’s because I’m a
progressive. I hate the phrase “we’ve always done it this way”, because this is a science‐based practice, and it follows that new
products and services work, and that there should always be new ways to tackle problems. I use a lot of seaweed. I probably spray a litre of seaweed every week, in two halves. For that reason, it’s nice to have a small green, because it really keeps costs down with products I like to use a lot.
We probably spend about £1500 on the surface a year, of which around £900 is autumn work; to scarify and re‐seed it. Most of the rest of the money for feeding and preventatives comes from a Sunday lunch which raises over £1000 to spend on the green.
You can see from here that disease is a major problem. It always has been. That’s mainly because it’s enclosed by these stone walls.
The major prevailing wind is from the west, which is totally blocked out by the wall. And if it comes from the east, that’s a cold wind, so it doesn’t help either.
This green is always attacked by fusarium in
October/November, and then again in March. I’m going to use the Dualitas, which must be well‐
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