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Barry Howard Joins Living Turf®

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Henk Smith
21st January 2019 Prominent Gold Coast sales professional, Barry Howard, will join Living Turf on a full-time basis, beginning February 2019. Having spent the past 21 years establishing and growing his reputation as an exceptional sales professional, Barry will bring his leadership, technical and sales experience to further enhance the Living Turf offer and support to the southeast QLD golf market in particular. Barry has 35 years experience in the turf industry, 14 of which was in various roles in golf. National Sales Manager Ashley Neuendorf says, “We are extremely happy with this appointment. Barry is a true professional –… ...Read More

MatchPlay® Superior Liquid Range – Boosting Cell Strength and Defences

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Henk Smith
As a cool spring winds down, it is important to start conditioning turf to handle the rigours of summer that are sure to come. Summer stresses will be along and having structurally strong turf with an activated immune system is a cornerstone of allowing turf to adapt prior to the onset of stress. Silicon (Si) and Silica (SiO2) are relatively abundant in soil, but due to their low solubility they are not plant available. Monosilicic acid (MSA) is the highly plant available form that is readily absorbed by roots and foliage – it has may advantages in the plant –… ...Read More

MatchPlay® Superior Liquid Range – Boosting Soil Biology

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Henk Smith
As spring continues to ramp up and soil temperatures are on a steady climb it is an opportune time to consider boosting the population of beneficial microbes in the soil. Don’t underestimate the benefits that a healthy rhizosphere can mean to supporting a consistent playing surface. The rhizosphere is the “halo” immediately surrounding the roots in the soil and it is here that the highest population of microbes congregate. Building the populations in the soil have benefits around breakdown of organic matter, assistance in nutrient mineralisation and release, competition with pathogens and many more. MP Promote is a concentrated inoculum… ...Read More

Leading NSW superintendent joins Living Turf®

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Henk Smith
Leading NSW superintendent joins Living Turf®   Living Turf® is proud to announce the appointment of Matthew Kennedy, as Technical Sales Representative - effective December 2018. Matt has terrific pedigree in Golf course management, having served as superintendent of Port Kembla Golf Club since 2008. Previous to that Matt held superintendents roles at Leonay and Wallacia Golf Clubs, as well as teaching part time at TAFE. Construction has been a particular interest of Matt’s over the years and his career path has seen him work with prominent golf course designers, shapers and consultants. As a result he has mentored, trained and… ...Read More

MatchPlay® Superior Liquids Range

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Henk Smith
MatchPlay® is a truly home grown Aussie local. MatchPlay® employs extensive local expertise to develop products that match the needs of Australian turf managers. We are proud of the fact that MatchPlay® products are expertly formulated and quality controlled to provide reliable performance, every time. None speak more to these qualities than the MatchPlay® Superior Liquids Range. This innovative range of organic biologically enhanced liquid products are all locally developed and formulated. They contain soil stable nutrients and nitrogen in a protein form that will not burn turf and is proven to be less susceptible to leaching. Nutrients, stimulants and… ...Read More

Plant Health, Root Development and Turf Stress

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Henk Smith
On a recent trip to Rutgers University in New Jersey, David and I met with Dr. Bingru Yuang, Professor II and Chair in Turfgrass Science at the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology. She is an expert on plant health and bio-stimulants with particular interest in stress management.  Many companies utilise her research program for independent testing of their products.  She was careful not to give away any secrets, but still shared a lot of good information with us.  Just a good conversation on what works, what doesn’t work and the best uses to benefit plant health. Here are some of the interesting discussion points in short… ...Read More

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