Feb 27, 2017

Getting over it: Endurant versus overseed

Sod growers, sports field managers and golf course superintendents find Endurant turf colorants are a viable solution to use during overseed transitions or instead of overseed entirely

Turfgrass managers choose Endurant turf colorants instead of overseed for economics, aesthetics, and agronomics

Endurant sows seeds of potential for sod growers & other turfgrass professionals

Sod growers love Endurant for revolutionizing their winter sod business. Sod Solutions, innovators in natural grass, along with WinField United Pro, which provides a comprehensive line-up of research based agricultural and farming products, among others, choose Endurant turf colorants as their alternative to overseed. .#Endurant https://t.co/e2GJAqouCt on winter sod @SodSolutions @winfieldpro #liquidoverseed #landscape #lawn #Turf pic.twitter.com/aVlWbwnZwu Many turfgrass professionals find Endurant provides better turf, true natural color, and agronomic benefits while decreasing costs and environmental strains caused by overseeding. Overseeding requires more water usage and damage to water sources as overseeding often includes overwatering and over-fertilizing winter turf. While Endurant turf colorants aren't really anything new, more and more people in professions including agriculture, golf course management, landscaping, sod farming, real estate, sports field management, and others are learning how helpful Endurant turf color enhancers can be in a variety of conditions, including drought, dormancy, water restrictions, tight budgets, television and filming. Endurant can be used on dormant turf, actively growing grass, warm season and cool season grasses.

Ask Mr. Wise Grass about Endurant turf colorants

West Coast Turf and their sister company Western Sod have lauded the benefits of Endurant as an alternative to overseed. Mr. Wise Grass is the name of a West Coast Turf blog where a turfgrass pro named Jay posts information on everything you need to know about the best sod and turfgrass for your environment, uses, and budget. He answers common questions regarding issues surrounding grass and more technical issues that can be resolved with years of professional experience. Here's what Jay has to say about Endurant turf paint:
This product can be applied to overseeded or dormant turf to give your lawn the same ryegrass color you seeded with. The turf paint serves another purpose besides just providing color. It heats up the plant and will allow for faster spring green up in dormant turf and will help new ryegrass plants fill in any voids from the encroaching bermudagrass during seeding.
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Feb 22, 2017

Golf course gets green during drought using Endurant

No water, no problem.

Golf course gets its green back during drought using Endurant turf colorant

[caption id="attachment_837" align="alignleft" width="500"]Endurant turf colorants turn brown golf course to green Bentley Village golf course goes from brown to green using Endurant turf colorant after winter drought drains irrigation lakes.[/caption] Southwest Florida visitors don’t expect to see brown golf courses. Nonetheless, that’s what many people are seeing at several courses in the area this February as the area suffers a winter drought. Some golf courses, however, are beating the drought using Endurant turf colorants. The superintendent of an 18-hole golf course within Bentley Village, a community located within North Naples, found a solution to their lack of water. The golf course irrigation is sourced from the community’s own lakes, but due to an intensively dry winter, the lakes ran out of water. The community had just enough water to maintain the greens, but the rest of the golf course was brown and dry. “We operate out of our own self-contained lakes, and once they’re out, we’re out,” said Bentley Village Golf Course Superintendent Anthony Labno. Despite the weather conditions, members weren’t letting Labno off the hook. They wanted green grass. “They kept wondering what I could do. I explained I need three things to grow green grass: sunlight, water, and food. Without any one of those, there isn’t much I can do,” he said. Soon, he discovered Endurant turf colorants. “I don’t like having to mask things. But we needed to do something to get the course in much better looking condition,” said Labno. Geoponics helped Labno pick a shade of green to best match the paspalum turf. Endurant Premium added the best shade to match the areas of healthy grass that still existed on the course. “People outside the industry often don’t understand. They want it to be green. But ideally, we want playable, tournament quality turf,” said Labno. Now, Bentley Village has the best of both worlds. “I’ve got a dry course that plays well, it’s quick, it’s fast, and, I got green. I think it looks great. I like the color of it,” said Labno. Member guests arrived on a rainy Wednesday, two days after applying Endurant turf colorant. Members agreed, the golf course looked impressive. The one day of morning rain wasn’t of much help yet, but it didn’t hurt the turf either. “We got over an inch of rain today, but I doubt it’s enough to get the lakes up and running yet. We got to see how Endurant holds up to rain,” said Labno. Since Endurant is not merely a temporary dye, but rather a lasting colorant that adheres to turfgrass, the rain had no effect on the color and durability. “I would definitely recommend Endurant. If you’re in a situation where you need to get some color quickly— whether it's dormant or to cover up from frost or in my situation where there’s no water— Endurant provides a great solution to get some color,” said Labno.   Learn more about Endurant at www.TurfPaint.net or order here.     Read More
Feb 10, 2017

Endurant Landscape Colorants: A guide for lawns & mulch

Endurant Landscape Colorants: A guide for lawns & mulch

Keeping a lawn green and healthy year round can be costly. Likewise, keeping mulch looking fresh by adding more layers can be time-consuming and ineffective for the health of the plants. [caption id="attachment_853" align="alignleft" width="660"]Endurant Lawn Colorants: Turf paint and Mulch Colorant Endurant Lawn Colorants: www.TurfPaint.net      www.MulchColorant.net[/caption] Endurant Landscape Colorants provide lasting solutions to these challenges. Endurant Lawn Colorant is a favorite choice among professionals and homeowners alike to keep grass looking vibrant without the overuse of water, fertilizer, and harsh chemicals. Endurant Mulch Colorants keep mulch looking fresh without the danger to the health of plants and trees caused by over-mulching, which is a common cause for strangling roots. Mulch and turf colorants, whether used together or separately, keep landscapes looking their best throughout various climate conditions. [caption id="attachment_851" align="alignleft" width="660"]Endurant Turf Colorant provides a solution to drought, water restrictions, and dormant turf. Endurant turf colorant gives homes a quick, easy, long-lasting, and inexpensive lawn makeover. Endurant is a great way to add instant curb appeal to a home listed for sale.[/caption]

Benefits include:

  • Save landscape managers’ time by eliminating the need to thatch lawns in the spring because no secondary root system is ever introduced.
  • Endurant turf colorants are made with specific binders for turfgrass that is long-lasting, providing consistent natural green color for approximately three months on dormant winter grass and lasting several weeks or months on actively growing grass, depending upon the mowing schedule.
  • Eliminate the need to over-seed, over-fertilize, and over-water each fall.
  • Turf colorant comes in five popular shades to coordinate with various turf grass varieties and will not turn blue.
  • Provides a solution to drought-stricken grass.
  • Provides a beautiful and cost-effective solution to managing dormant, dead-looking brown grass that comes each year in warm season grass varieties.
  • Warm season grasses, including Bermuda, Zoysia, and Centipede naturally go into dormancy with each frost Also, fescue turgrass tends to burn, brown, and dry in summer months easily depending upon water restrictions and weather conditions. Endurant comes in a shade to best coordinate each grass type, including the original Endurant Turf Colorant and Endurant Lawn Colorant Home Lawn Blends for most Bermuda grasses.
  • Endurant is the preferred alternative to using fertilizer and overseed.
  • Endurant provides perfect wow factor when listing a home for sale or getting a golf course or athletic field ready for game day or TV.
  • Endurant can be used to can be used to cover brown patches or to treat entire turfgrass sod farms.
  • Endurant turf colorants improve the look of grass while being environmentally friendly, easy to apply, and improving soil and plant health.
  • Endurant provides an alternative solution to the harmful fertilizers that include phosphorus and nitrogen, which are harming water quality and water supplies.

Learn how to apply Endurant Landscape Colorants

[caption id="attachment_852" align="alignleft" width="750"]Endurant Landscapes Colorants are easy to apply to grass and mulch. Endurant Landscapes Colorants are easy to apply to grass and mulch.[/caption] Want to learn how easy it is to apply Endurant? Learn the how-to as well as more about the four popular shades of Endurant Mulch Colorants and the five popular shades of Endurant Turf Colorants in this recent Endurant Lawn Colorants Brochure Also, visit www.MulchColorant.net, www.TurfPaint.net and www.DryLawn.com for more details and to purchase Endurant Landscape Colorants.

READ THE FULL GUIDE: Endurant Lawn Colorants Brochure

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Jun 30, 2016

Having a field day: ABC’s of painting turf & mulch

Turf paint pros take the guess work out of colorants

Having a field day: Green Resource, Geoponics team visit Brunswick Plantation Golf Course for a lesson in turf grass, pinestraw and mulch colorants

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Jun 25, 2016

Beat summer heat stress, patchy grass with Endurant

Before & After Photos: Endurant provides instant repair to patchy lawn

Beat summer heat stress or other causes of brown grass with Endurant turf colorants

Bryan Volz of Bry's Lawn Care and Landscaping, LLC in Forest Hill, Maryland used a turf colorant for the first time this summer. When faced with brown patches in an otherwise deep forest green lawn, Volz chose to apply Endurant turf colorant to provide instant and lasting curb appeal. Endurant colorants can last up to 3 months depending upon rate of growth, frequency of mowing and other conditions. Read More
Jun 10, 2016

Grass farmer: Endurant color enhancers save sod

 

Harmony sod farmer: Cool season grass gets color boost in New Mexico mountains

[caption id="attachment_771" align="alignleft" width="750"]New Mexico cool season sod farmer uses Endurant turf color enhancers to extend salability of sod. Cool season grasses, including healthy fescue and bluegrass, get a boost of color on a New Mexico mountain sod farm using Endurant turf color enhancers to extend salability.[/caption] Sod farmer Jeff Neddelton of Harmony Brands, the #1 selling grass in the U.S., shares the challenges and successes of growing cool season grasses in the New Mexico mountains. Endurant turf color enhancers are helping the farm with sales. Read More
Jun 03, 2016

Update: Geoponics laudes new distributor Green Resource

Updated Press Release:

Green Resource Becomes Geoponics Distributor for the Carolinas

Update: Geoponics Corp laudes relationship with Green Resource as a great advancement for Carolinas' turfgrass while Green Resource rates Geoponics' Endurant turf colorants "best-in-class."

[caption id="attachment_781" align="alignleft" width="750"]Green Resource's technical training on sprayers, pumps, seals & nozzles to offer the ultimate in customer service along with "best-in-class" Endurant turf colorants. Green Resource's technical training on sprayers, pumps, seals & nozzles to offer the ultimate in customer service along with "best-in-class" Endurant turf colorants.[/caption] The new relationship between Geoponics Corp and Green Resource is being lauded for providing better than ever products and services to the Carolinas. Read More
Jun 01, 2016

Geoponics’ Endurant gets POA Tourney popping with color

Golf superintendents play color enhanced paspalum for greener turf & water savings

Endurant turf colorants provide vibrant green ahead of sweltering summer heat during a demonstration for Florida Golf Course Superintendents

Just before summer, participants in the Poa Annua Golf Classic & G.C. Horn Memorial Tournament, presented by the Everglades Golf Course Superintendents Association, saw Endurant turf colorants applied and the immediate effects. [gallery size="medium" ids="828,824,826,825,827,823"] Golf Course Superintendents are always looking for ways to get ahead of the game to achieve optimal results in turfgrass. Geoponic's Endurant turf colorants can lead to a huge savings and a vibrant green using less water, fertilizer and other harmful chemicals. Geoponics provided a demonstration of Endurant Premium, one of several concentrated natural green colorant shades available in the Endurant line of colorants. Endurant was applied at a rate of approximately 3 to 4 gallons per acre on the Platinum Paspalum at The Rookery at Marco golf course, of the Marco Island Marriott. Platinum Paspalum is a turfgrass variety often chosen for environmental benefits, including saving water. Check out more about this variety from West Coast Turf and Western Sod, in a short article here. Read More
Jun 01, 2016

Q&A Part III: 8 turf colorant tips for varied grass species, climates

This is the third part of an interview with Geoponics Corp and Justin White of WinField Solutions, who has approximately 20 years experience in turfgrass management and as a golf course superintendent. In the first article, White offered the benefits of using colorants, pigments and paints in golf course maintenance. The second article White shared how to transition from using pigments to using paints and offered four suggestions to consider prior to painting. [caption id="attachment_221" align="alignleft" width="667"]Endurant comes in a variety of green grass shades to match the most popular turfgrass varieties Learn how different growing conditions, desired outcomes and turfgrass species all factor into selecting the best colorant. Endurant turf colorants repeatedly are selected as the #1 choice among turfgrass professionals. Choose the best of the four available concentrations and shades of green grass in the Endurant paint colorant line or the Endurant TE pigment for a spray indicator dye or color enhancement on growing grass.[/caption] Read More
Jun 01, 2016

Q&A: Golf & landscape manager shares mulch colorant success

Mulch colorants keep high visibility areas vibrant without over-working & over-mulching

Tim Cameron, golf course and landscape superintendent of Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers shares his experience using Endurant mulch colorants in this brief Q&A with Geoponics Corp. [caption id="attachment_766" align="alignleft" width="728"]Endurant mulch colorant saves money and keeps gorgeous curb appeal for members at Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club in Southwest Florida. Tim Cameron, golf & landscape manager at Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers, shares why he chooses Endurant mulch colorants for high visibility areas & how he saves labor & tons of mulch.[/caption] Read More