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New creeping ryegrass cultivar bring added benefits to landscaping mixtures
in September, with a Germinal will be focussing particular emphasis on the on its upgraded range of inclusion of new-for-2018 landscaping mixtures at this creeping perennial ryegrass year’s FutureScape Scotland cultivar, Zurich, which offers show, incorporating increased wear tolerance ScotHort, at the Royal and Highland Edinburgh, Whitemoss GK June 2017 hh_LayoutCentre, 1 10/05/2017 15:18 Page 1 fast sward recovery.
Zurich scores 6.5 for live ground cover and 6.3 for visual merit, making it one of the best-performing creeping perennial ryegrasses on Table S1 of the BSPB’s Turfgrass
Seed 2018 booklet. It is a fine-leaved variety that also exhibits high resistance to insects and nematode attack due to naturally high endophyte levels, as well as good persistence and
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Having supplied Celtic Manor Resort for in excess of 20 years, Whitemoss have seen the issues caused by heavy rain that not only runs off the hillside on the 2010 course but that also runs through the soil structure. Working with Jim McKenzie and his project team headed by Chris and Alan, Andy Law and Mike Crabtree devised a solution that would intercept the water coming through the soil on the bank adjacent to the 2010 clubhouse. They then installed a full herringbone drainage system in the bunker base to take the run off and any water falling directly into the bunker away quickly. The MegaFlo flat panel drainage supplied exclusively by Whitemoss was installed in less than 3 hours! Typical round pipe drains requiring excavation of trenches and stone backfill would have taken in excess of a full day to install requiring an excavator, tractor and trailer etc. MegaFlo is 2 ½ more efficient at moving water too so it’s a win win.
Without BunkerMat
BunkerMat liner was then installed to prevent subsoil contamination, to retain sand on the bunker faces and to offer a consistent, stable bunker base. With BunkerMat The bunker was completed with the installation of 56 tonnes of WhitemossEco Bunker 4 sand. This was the biggest bunker WhitemossEco have installed to date at 354m2! They used 140 linear metres of MegaFlo including the perimeter drain and the full herringbone system.
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See us on Stand 320 at BTME 2019 54 | Turf Matters | SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2018