Golfdom, March 2018

years nematodes were considered a coastal southern issue Fox says But were selling product all over the place Places in Kansas in Missouri all over the North where nematodes historically were not thought to be an issue theyve found that they are Oregon Outdoor Power Equipment If there was one product that was turning heads at the Oregon demo area it was their blower according to Joe Amalfitano North American business development manager for the company When you talk in terms of commercial grade blowers ours is going to put out 22 newtons worth of blow force Amalfitano says To give you an idea thats mid range or a step above a mid range gas blower Benefits of the blower include sound reduction at full throttle it produces 59 decibels the ingest protection the blower can ingest water and simply blow it out and its emissions free SUMMIT SUMMARY Amalfitano Amalfitanowas was happy to meet with a group of superintendents from around the meetwith fromaround country He says superintendents are seeing batterypowered equipment as a more viable option for maintenance operations At the end of the day a two cycle blower has its drawbacks its noisy messy has down time and gas issues can lead to spills and damage to the course he says The driver for golf is How do I get away from gas and become a greener company and can I still function the way I have been without the traditional drawbacks of battery which is less power less run time less performance Oregon pretty much answers and checks all those boxes PBI Gordon We want to make sure that whatever the golf course superintendent is looking for were bringing the right thing to the market says PBI Gordons Jim Goodrich product manager fungicides insecticides and plant growth regulators We have a seemingly endless supply of active ingredients so we want to make sure the things we have in the pipeline are whats going to help them with their problems Goodrich and his crew took advantage of their time at the Golfdom Summit and asked one simple question to every attendee What are your needs The companys new Tekken broad spectrum fungicide was frequently discussed even though it wasnt available at the time it became available last month Goodrich was prepared telling attendees that Tekken controls 21 problematic diseases uses two modes of action delivers control for up to 28 days and is applied at one rate for all turfgrasses eliminating guesswork In the development process we were looking for a product that highlighted our new active ingredient Isofetamid Goodrich says We wanted to team it with something to broaden the spectrum We put into motion a series of products Tekken rose to the top It has a unique formulation that is doing wonderful things on creeping bentgrass fairways and creeping bentgrass greens and other grasses where it doesnt have the same effect that higher load DMI products have Capillary Concrete This was the first Golfdom Summit for bunker company Capillary Concrete The Continued on page 32 March 2018 Golfdom 31 Golfdom com ED HISCOCK RIGHT At GIS 2018 Oregons Joe Amalfitano demonstrated a backpack battery powered trimmer one of the many products of interest at the Summit PBI Gordons Jim Goodrich right and Jay Young give attendees the rundown on Tekken a new broad spectrum fungicide sowewant thingswe itwas developmentmanager newtonsworth blowforce thatsmid ways Thiswas firstGolfdom PHOTO BY TOP ABBY HART