Golfdom, April 2013

Continued from page 29 30 Golfdom April 2013 Golfdom com PHOTO COURTESY JOHN DEERE I promise you Quali Pro can make it as good as anyone in the world All we do is agro chemicals he told me We dont make pharmaceuticals we dont make plastics Well be in this to the bitter end Another interesting thing Corbett told me is that the company will have a nematicide in 2014 He said it has a very green profile that the EPA found it boring Back to Quali Pros two noteworthy products this year Negate and Enclave Negate is a dual powered post emergent herbicide that controls grassy and broadleaf weeds in warm season grasses Enclave is a broad spectrum fungicide using quad control technology and controls snow mold brown patch anthracnose and other diseases John Deere The two products I spent the most time looking at this year were Deeres V40 and AV40 PrecisionCore aerators Mark Barnes product marketing manager gave me the VIP tour of this equipment Barnes explained how the edge of some greens holds more THE TURFCO CR 10 MAKES IT HAPPEN Whether youre topdressing your fairway renovating bunkers or relocating material the Turfco CR 10 with a four cubic yard hopper is the workhorse youve been looking for Its patented three position switch cross conveyor fl ow control and self cleaning hopper make it the most effective material handler available And now the CR 10 is available with WideSpin technology allowing you to deliver light or heavy topdressing applications at unprecedented widths and depths All this plus a three year warranty The CR 10 Dont start a project without it Call 1 800 679 8201 for a FREE on site demonstration or video WWW TURFCO COM water than the rest of the green In order to deal with this the V40 and AV40 can be adjusted on the fly without stopping So an operator could go from a 2 inch hole spacing to a 1 inch spacing and then right back to the 2 inch I liked this it comes with a refuel warning to prevent guys getting ditched on the furthest hole from the shop Theres a light that comes on yes but if it gets really low the machine wont even drop the coring head Also cool the machine has an articulating frame so coring depth remains consistent even over greens with a lot of undulation in them Arysta Ran into Doug Houseworth Ph D at Arysta Lifescience We talked about how Xonerate for Poa control was doing He said some users were shocked at what the product did right off the bat eradicate Poa mercilessly down to the dirt and were surprised by the drastic results Its a little like plastic surgery Houseworth said You look awful for a short period then you look great Houseworth then got into a popular topic plant health He said some of his competitors were owning that phrase but that Arysta would be making a push as well Our strobilurin is equal to or better than anything theyve got he said Ostara We go from Arysta to Ostara I wasnt familiar with Ostara or their Crystal Green fertilizer When I got to their booth they asked me to run my hands through a tray of white granules which of course I did Im very trusting at trade shows apparently But there was a point to what the folks at Ostara had me do they wanted to show me that these granules are very clean hard and dust free which makes for easy blending