KEYNOTE


Rose greenhouse


How could he grow thousands of roses per day, even during the dark Dutch winters, whilst the grass in many football stadiums in Europe had serious trouble surviving


one very cold evening in January 2005, I was standing pitchside at a game against Manchester United and there was a tap on my shoulder. Mr Wenger said: “I’m sorry. I have never seen this quality of pitch at the beginning of January.”


We were very much still learning at this point, and it was invaluable to have feedback from these guys in order to develop the machines further. Product development cycles at the time were very


short, as we listened and made changes to adapt to customer requirements. Today, customer focus is still very much key; we have 350 worldwide and we are proud to be the market leader defending that title.


Are the lights suitable for any cultivars?


Yes. We tested this from the very beginning, and brought it into practice in Australia from 2008 then America from 2010. We have our dedicated test centre, situated


next to our offices, where different light sources and light intensities are being tested and also their effect on a variety of grasses. The centre is divided into different sections and, on each section, a separate situation is created to calculate growth. SGL analysers then measure the different values of each section and results are reviewed and compared by our in-house agronomists. These results are included in the developments of new products.


Barenbrug Sport Grass Seed RPR Sport


• Mixture formulated from dedicated UK Cropvale wear trials with objective DIA scoring; wear tolerance with other benefits


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• Barlibro RPR delivers fast establishment and unparalleled capacity for recovery from wear due to stoloniferous growth habit


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• Barcristalla and Barorlando give superior colour and Drechslera leaf spot tolerance


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Elite Sport


• MEAN BSPB/STRI score of 7.80!


• Barcristalla superior colour, particularly Autumn


Mixtures for:  Football  Rugby  Renovation & Repair  Education Environments    Multi Sport M


• All 4 cultivars in top- 16; mean score of 7.52 Table S1 BSPB/ STRI 2020


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• 100% UK-produced grass seed


• Exceptional colour for reduced nitrogen requirements


• All 4 cultivars listed in Table L1; mean score of 9.96


able L1; mean scor of 9.96


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