Michael doesn’t have a set fertiliser programme for the greens at present and has not needed to use any fungicides. “In April, I applied ICL’s Greenmaster Cold Start, followed a month later with Greenmaster 8:0:0. I topped this up with a treatment of ICL’s H2Pro wetting agent and seaweed mix every three weeks. We have been getting some great results; the sward is thickening up and the root depth has improved significantly. I will look at carryimg out soil
tests in the coming months and put a more rigid fertiliser programme together based on the results. We haven’t used any fungicides since I have been here, but there was quite a lot of disease scars after last winter. As a result of topdressing, verti-cutting and a little hand seeding, it seems to have recovered and, luckily, we haven’t seen any signs of disease so far this season.” Having only being at the club for three months at the time of the interview, I was
