Apr 23, 2021

Texas Turf Painter Goes Global with TikTok

Alawnso Services & Endurant lawn colorants transform Texas neighborhoods & ‘wow’ internet

A father and son lawn care business based out of Houston, Texas sought a way to work and profit year round. Otherwise, business stopped for Alawnso Services when the lawns stopped growing each winter. Endurant lawn painting became the answer—and more than they expected. Ruben Alonso, Jr and son Ruben J Alonso, who goes by “Ru,” researched ways to expand their offerings at Alawnso Services from mowing to more. “In the summertime, my son asked me, ‘what will we do in the winter? The grass isn’t going to be growing.’” “We’ll figure it out,” Alonso replied “Something will come up.” When they learned about grass paint, they realized they could find a market for people who wanted a great looking green lawn even in the winter months. They could go back to mowing them in the summer months. Colorant would provide the annual work and income sought after for Alawnso Services. “But I wasn’t ready for the burst of opportunities that was coming,” said Alonso. [caption id="attachment_1596" align="alignleft" width="660"]Alawnso Services and Endurant turf colorants transform home lawns Alawnso Services and Endurant turf colorants are transforming Texas neighborhoods as Ruben Alonso and son "Ru" wow the world online[/caption] Read More
Apr 12, 2021

SiteOne: Endurant colorants transform landscape

SiteOne's Zack Scott: Endurant colorants transform lawn care in Southwest Florida

Endurant turf colorants are a game changer for landscape services. The expectation of green grass cannot always be met using traditional lawn care methods—not even in the idyllic Southwest Florida climate—let alone across the U.S., North America and other regions. Endurant turf colorants, made with organic pigments and nontoxic binders, provide year round green without overreliance on fertilizers, fungicides and other harsh chemicals. Zack Scott, SiteOne Landscape Supply’s outside sales representative, who oversees the area of Southwest Florida’s Collier and Lee counties, shares how Endurant had a huge effect on this landscape market the past six months. Much of his success, he said, can be applied anywhere. [caption id="attachment_1579" align="alignleft" width="400"]Endurant Demo: Product demonstrations for SiteOne store representatives ignites a lawn care revolution in Southwest Florida Endurant Demo: Product demonstrations for SiteOne store representatives ignites a lawn care revolution in Southwest Florida[/caption]

Problem: Off color grass Solution: Endurant

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Mar 08, 2021

Get Green Grass Early This Spring with Endurant

Transition from winter to spring a bit sooner with the help of Endurant turf grass pigments. Endurant Turf Enhancer and Endurant Flex can help your grass green up a bit sooner, for earlier rounds of golf, the best lawn on the block, a picture perfect wedding or more sod sales. For achieving greener grass earlier this spring, Endurant provides two pigment options that are well suited for the transition from winter dormancy to spring's actively growing grass. These include Endurant Turf Enhancer (TE) and Endurant Flex (FX). Read More
Feb 24, 2021

Choosing the Best Turf Colorant

So, you already know you want to use Endurant turf colorant because you've seen the great results in professional sports, on social media and/or on a neighbor's lawn. But, you're not sure which of the Endurant colorants to choose.

Which Turf Colorant is Best for You?

Brad Driggers of Geoponics, the makers of Endurant, shares some tips on selecting the best colorant for your grass species. Driggers offers suggestions based on desired outcomes, stages of growth and other deciding factors. Read More
Feb 11, 2021

Pros Choose Endurant colorants for golf, lawns & fields

Endurant turf colorants are year-round products that help turfgrass growers achieve the best results on their sod and landscapes, whether for TV broadcast, tournaments or discerning customers. Just about any given professional sport played on grass and televised on HDTV these days is incorporating Endurant turf colorants. Why? Because it's the most natural looking color, made with organic pigments, and has the staying power of Endurant's unique binders. From the highly professional to the personal-- from NFL football games and PGA golf tournaments to weddings and home lawns-- Endurant is the number choice among professional users, including sod farmers and landscapers.

From Skepticism to Success: Painting Grass Isn't Such a Crazy Idea

Robin Wicker of Geoponics interviewed Jeff Juchnowicz of Terra Garden Solutions in Naples, Florida to learn how the business owner and Zoysia agronomy expert began to utilize Endurant colorants to remain the best in the area. Although some aspects are unique to the area, many are relevant throughout the U.S. and world. Watch this video to hear how he went from skepticism, to curiosity, ultimately gaining back his reputation as the best in the area by knowing how and when to apply Endurant to landscapes to offer his high end clients of Southwest Florida the perfection they seek while minimizing overwatering, over-fertilizing and harsh chemical usage.

The Best Turf Colorant To Choose

Wondering which Endurant turf colorant to choose for yourself or for your clients?

Endurant Turf Colorant Line

Endurant turf and landscape colorants are a broad category covering paints and pigments for grass, mulch, palm trees, pine straw and other applications. All Endurant colorants are made with organic pigments combined with binders for excellent adherence to the surface of a grass blade or mulch or whatever the intended surface.

Endurant Paints

Endurant paints offer full coverage, making them ideal for dormant turf or use anytime and these include Endurant Fairway (FW), Perennial Rye (PR) and Premium (P+). These colorants last about three months, depending on rate of growth, frequency of mowing, weather and other variables. Endurant Fairway is the boldest and darkest color and often used on warm season grasses. Endurant Perennial Rye is the lightest shade of green and works well on warm season grasses. Premium is in some ways the most versatile with its mid-depth shade of green. In this video, Robin Wicker of Geoponics shares a bit about each of the Endurant paints, which can be applied to actively growing grass or dormant grass because they offer full coverage.

Endurant Pigments

The Endurant pigments are Endurant Turf Enhancer (TE) and Endurant Flex (FX). TE is used exclusively on grass that still has chlorophyll. TE can also be used as an indicator dye and to add color to existing green that remains on growing grass. Endurant Flex is a hybrid paint and pigment that is used on grass that is anywhere in the growing stages between semi-dormant and actively growing grass. It is used in transitions, whether transitioning between seasons, turf grass species or stages of growth.

Endurant Mulch and Pine Straw colorants

Mulch and pine straw colorants save money, time and labor to extend the useful life of these ground coverings. The brown, black, red and pine straw colorants provided by Endurant are very easy to apply with a garden sprayer and help the landscape keep its vibrant color with minimal disruption compared with continuing to layer mulch or replace mulch.

Golf Course Superintendents Use Endurant

While lawn care companies, landscapers, sports field managers, municipalities, homeowners and sod farmers all choose Endurant, golf course superintendents receive some of the best and unique benefits of all users. In this now classic video on Geoponics.TV, learn how Endurant turf colorants became dubbed liquid overseed, saving golf course superintendents money, water, time and transition challenges when used instead of the costly and chemical-ridden practice of overseeding that puts water in high demand. These costs can be drastically reduced while providing fast and firm playing surfaces and TV tournament-ready turf using Endurant.

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Feb 02, 2021

Phoenix Open Is TV Ready with Endurant Colorants

"The Greatest Show on Grass"

As TPC Scottsdale prepared for the Waste Management Phoenix Open beginning February 1, Geoponics did its part to get the course TV-ready with Endurant turf colorants. [caption id="attachment_1529" align="alignleft" width="262"]TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course Phoenix Open goes green with Endurant WM Phoenix Open gets TV-Ready with Endurant for one of golf's most environmentally-concsious events[/caption] The Phoenix Open began Monday, February 1 and continues through February 7, 2021. The course is one of many to choose Endurant early in the colorants' availability on the market, more than 10 years ago, due to Endurant's natural tone, non-toxic ingredients and staying power. Endurant is made with organic pigments and powerful binders to keep color on the grass without the overuse of water and harsh chemicals. (For more on the history, see a previous blog interview with a former TPS Scottsdale superintendent here.)

What's giving TPC Scottsdale that particular gorgeous green this year?

"The People's Open" uses a combination of Endurant Fairway and Endurant Turf Enhancer. Endurant FW is a paint and Endurant TE is a pigment. Each colorant has its own unique benefits and tone. Endurant FW was originally formulated for fairways, giving the name, and TE is formulated for actively growing grass.  TE enhances existing pigment and FW adds a rich, dark green to either dormant or non-dormant grass. The event's Stadium course is now TV ready. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event will not host hundreds of thousands of people this year, but will still be a sizable event with an even larger TV-viewing audience. The event is scheduled to air on GOLF and NBC Thursday through Sunday. Organizers laude the event this year and past years:
"'The People’s Open' was named the Tournament of the Year by the PGA TOUR four times in the past six years (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019) to acknowledge the tournament’s legendary status as one the most unique events in golf. The 2021 edition will mark the 86th playing of the event (one of the five oldest events on the PGA TOUR) and the 12th as the WM Phoenix Open."
Geoponics is proud that their Endurant line is trusted for use during the most prestigious events, as well as the most personal, including weddings of all sizes. TPC Scottsdale, Waste Management and Phoenix Open leaders are also priding themselves-- as does Geoponics-- in efforts to be better environmental stewards.
Specifically, Waste Management has led this Phoenix Open as the largest zero waste event in the world! Although audience members are limited at the live event this year to COVID-19 precautions, their participation continues. Saturday, February 6, show your support and wear green in the all day WM Phoenix Open Green Out. We encourage you to post a photo on social media in solidarity and spirit with hashtags #Endurant #WasteManagement #PhoenixOpen #GreenOut. Support the eco-sensitive efforts of the tournament, as well as of the sport and what we all can do. Get green grass all year long without overusing water, harsh chemicals or fertilizers, buy Endurant today. Shop online on Amazon or at TurfPaint.net or ShopGeoponics.com  You may also call 1-877-ECO-GROW with questions, for large quantities direct from Geoponics, or to find the distributor near you.  
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Feb 01, 2021

Greening Arizona with Endurant Turf Colorant

Painting brown grass green alleviates water demands, appeals to customers

Geoponics Corp visited Arizona to teach turfgrass colorant science and application techniques. These demos and seminars were primarily given to professionals who had already come across the benefits of painting grass in general, such as decreased water usage compared with other growing methods, and who are aware of Endurant turf colorants as the leading brand for its durability, natural look and non toxic ingredients. [caption id="attachment_1521" align="alignleft" width="660"]Brown Arizona lawn goes green with Endurant Arizona goes green with Endurant turf colorants as Geoponics meets with master distributor Fertizona, golf course superintendents and landscapers about best practices with the colorants.[/caption] East Coast based Geoponics, with its headquarters in Naples, Florida and its primary manufacturing facility in Greenville, South Carolina, headed west recently for demos, trainings and expansion opportunities. Two of Geoponics technical experts visited Geoponics' master distributor on the West Coast, Fertizona. Geoponics prides itself in the product lines, which include the Endurant landscape colorants line, as well as a line of soil surfactants and other tools that help growers and property managers address their challenges while being environmentally-conscious. Along with those products, Geoponics is a leader in education, which was a large part of the visit to Arizona.

Geoponics' turf experts spend a week in Arizona:

  • Showing landscaping companies how to paint grass
    • A lot of the grass in AZ is overseeded.
    • Many lawns are not overseeded.
    • Arizona's grass is mostly dormant Bermuda grass in the wintertime, whether on a golf course or a lawn.
    • So, if the grass is not overseeded, then it is brown in winter.
    • Overseeded grass may have transition challenges where a turf pigment (Endurant TE), grass paint (Endurant FW, PR or Premium) or a combo, such as the hybrid pigment and paint Endurant Flex, can be help.
  • Provided demos and seminars with Genesis Landscape among other companies, as well as HOAs to reduce water usage and overhead costs while maintaining green grass in home lawns and home owners' associations' common areas.
  • Putting together spray equipment
  • How to use the wheel sprayer
    • A wheel sprayer makes painting edges easier, faster and more accurate:
      • There is no need to have another person hold a piece of cardboard or another object to help create the paint line.
      • Prevents overspray of paint on nearby surfaces, such as concrete, pavers or other unwanted areas (pre-wetting the unpainted edge also helps)
      • Creates ideal lines for a professional finish
      • See video on Instagram and TikTok 
  • Visited with golf courses using the product this year
    • Some used Endurant instead of overseed
    • Some used Endurant in a practice called hybrid overseeding to enhance the color of the overseed
  • Prepared for televised events, including the 2021 WasteManagement Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale (See our next blog for more)
    • TPC Scottsdale uses a combination of Endurant FW and Endurant TE to get TV-ready
    • This combination of colorants, the Endurant Fairway paint mixed with the Endurant Turf Enhancer pigment, makes for a uniquely TPC Scottsdale look that appears nearly flawless under the scrutiny of high definition television (HDTV)
    • Increasing distribution options in the West
      • Created a new retail alliance with Sprinkler World to carry Endurant products.
      • Geoponics is looking for new distribution channels to open in Arizona in the coming months for landscaping, sports turf and golf courses
      • Landscape companies in Arizona are expressing lots of interest in Endurant
      • Geoponics values its master distributor in Arizona, New Mexico and California, Fertizona
  • Traveling to clients this year was a little different because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Geoponics still visited with several golf courses that used the product and they are really pleased with how Endurant works
  • Thank you to customers in Arizona and to Geoponics' different distributors
~All in a week's worth at Geoponics See our blogs for more news and most importantly, please, SHOP GEOPONICS, or find our store on Amazon or ask about Endurant and our full line of products at your favorite distributor. Watch a short video clip of Geoponics showing landscapers in Arizona some best practices for applying non toxic Endurant turf colorant to a brown dormant lawn in Arizona: Painting AZ lawn       Read More
Dec 09, 2020

Green Again: Christmas Tree & Wreath Paint

Order Pine Colorant Today & Stay Green Throughout the Holidays

Whether you put up your Christmas tree early or your pine is simply losing its green before its time— Green Again Pro will put the green back in Christmas. [caption id="attachment_1507" align="alignleft" width="660"]Green Again Pro Christmas tree and holiday wreath colorant Green Again Pro Christmas tree and holiday wreath colorant[/caption] Sometimes Christmas trees or holidays wreaths will begin to brown before the holidays. Don’t despair or replace them, instead spray economical and environmentally friendly, easy to use and premixed Green Again Pro onto the brown areas or entire tree to extend the tree’s color. Green Again Pro comes in warm and cool colors. The Green Again Pro Cool Season is the ideal colorant for pine with its somewhat blue-green color (versus the yellower green of warm season grasses). Green Again Pro has an added bonus, also formulated for covering pet urine stains on the lawn. So, if your lawn isn’t covered with snow, but instead has pee spots from “Spot,” you may apply the colorant on the lawn to cover pet urine, chemical or fertilizer burns, if needed. [caption id="attachment_1506" align="alignleft" width="660"]Before Before using Green Again Pro, parts of this Christmas tree were browning before the holidays[/caption]

Christmas Color: Keep Holiday Trees & Wreaths Green

As for the pine, Christmas trees may be “fed” well with all the nutrients available to extend their useful decorative lives in your home, office, store or place of business, and yet still brown early. Even when watered well, the green of the pine may fade and browning pine needles may take away from the beauty of the tree or holiday wreath before you are ready to take down the tree or wreath. Using Green Again Pro Cool Season will extend the tree’s life and extend the beauty of wreaths, garland or other natural pine ornaments. Natural wreaths cannot easily be watered or fed, so they are even more susceptible to brown earlier than Christmas trees. Order Green Again Pro today to get your green back!

Benefits of Green Again Pro Christmas Colorant

Green Again Pro is non-toxic. It dries relatively quickly. Once applied and dried, it will not wash off, flake off or wear off anytime soon—your tree will be green throughout the holiday season. Luckily, Green Again Pro is also super easy to use due to its spray bottle. There is no mixing required. Just spray the area that you wish to be greener, covering any areas where you would not want any overspray to land. If you’re spraying heavily, consider any dripping that may occur. However, the thickness of Green Again Pro is ideal for spraying easily onto the pine needles’ surface without quickly dripping off as long as it’s not over-sprayed. Again, if you do overspray, just be sure to protect any surface you don’t want to paint green. And quickly wash any overspray that does occur. Another great feature of Green Again Pro is that it washes off very easily! So if you accidentally spray a branch green that you want to remain brown, or you accidentally spray an ornament, then simply use water to wash it off immediately. Of course, it’s better to avoid the spill or overspray, but if it does occur, in most cases it will wash off easily. If the surface is porous and it’s not washing off immediately with an easy wipe of water as is the usual, then adding soap or even a scrubber may help. [caption id="attachment_1508" align="alignleft" width="660"]After: Green Again Pro Cool Season brings this Christmas tree back to life and back to green After: Green Again Pro turned the brown pine needles on this Christmas tree back to green easily and with a natural, easy to use, environmentally friendly paint[/caption]
“Green Again Pro is so cool! We put up our tree before Thanksgiving for the first time ever. Even with a life-extending product in the water, our Christmas tree still began to brown in early December. Green Again Pro was so easy that within a few minutes the tree was perfect again and you could not tell where it was painted,” exclaimed Jenny Cook, a pleased customer in Florida.
Green Again Pro can be used for indoor or outdoor trees. Once dry, it will not wash off with rain or with weather.

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Buy Green Again Pro Cool Season for Extending Christmas Color on Trees, Wreaths & Other Natural Pine Decorations

Buy Green Again Pro today. Order on our website or on Amazon, getting the benefits of Prime shipping, and have it delivered ASAP so you can freshen up that tree! Remember to select the “Cool Season” color to get the most coordinated shade of green for trees and wreaths.

Green Again Pro Tree & Grass Paint Product Highlights:

  • Pet safe
  • Environmentally friendly
  • Made with organic pigments
  • Made in the USA
  • Ready to use, no mixing required
  • Easy to apply, perfect consistency & thickness
  • Washes easily while still wet
  • Dries quickly
  • Long lasting
  • Natural pine color (cool season)
  • Powered by Endurant, the turf and landscape colorant brand used most by professionals, such as national sports teams, landscapers, golf courses and others
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Nov 02, 2020

November’s New Endurant Turf Colorant Contest

The 2020 Endurant Turf Colorant Contests continue in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Endurant. Every couple of weeks, there's a new chance to win $500. This time, Show Us Your Favorite Endurant Photo! Enter on Twitter. Receive a $500 Visa Gift Card for getting the most likes and attention. [caption id="attachment_1391" align="alignleft" width="733"]Endurant turf colorant contest Contests through Dec. 27, 2020. Win a $500 Visa Gift Card by showing us how you use Endurant.[/caption]

Enter the Newest November Turf Colorant Contest

For the Nov. 2 through Nov. 15 contest, the category opens up to all Endurant users who have a photo they love. Simply Tweet your favorite photo of Endurant to enter; follow and tag us @Geoponics; use these hashtags: #FavoriteEndurantPhoto #Endurant #TurfColorantContest; and then, get the most likes, comments and shares to win! If you enter right away, you have about two weeks to drum up the most support, so keep retweeting and boosting your posts reach. The Endurant Turf Colorant Contests continue throughout 2020. So far, there have been four categories and four winners. We've given away $2,000 and we have $2,000 more to give away!

Rules for this Endurant Turf Colorant Contest:

Your Favorite Endurant Photo

  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Include these hashtags: #FavoriteEndurantPhoto #Endurant #TurfColorantContest
  • Follow us and tag us, @Geoponics
  • Get as many likes, comments and shares by 6 p.m. EDT, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020, on your Tweet about your favorite photo of Endurant.
  • The post must include use of Endurant and thus proof of purchase may be required upon request.
  • Contest is limited to golf courses, sports field operators, sod growers and landscape companies in the U.S.
  • The winner will be notified on the Monday after the contest ends, generally through a private message or from a sales representative within Geoponics.
  • Provide, upon contact a U.S. address for mailing the $500 Visa Gift Card, which is for use within the U.S.
  • You can only win one Endurant Turf Colorant Contest in 2020, but you may participate in as many as you like. You may put more than one entry in the contest.
Turf Colorant Contest Entry Options:
  • You may add extra hashtags and tag people, including a sales rep, to encourage support.
  • You may share or retweet as many times as you like to enhance reach of the post and get extra likes.
  • For this contest category, the Endurant may be applied anywhere.
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Upcoming Contests

(Details are subject to change before contests begin. Stay updated by following Geoponics and Endurant on social media and here on the blog.)
  • #CreativeColorant Nov. 16 - Nov. 29  Show us the most unique usage or application style of Endurant turf colorant.
  • #TurfTranformation Nov. 30 - Dec. 13 Show us how Endurant improved your property. May include before and after pictures or a description of the turf transformation that makes your grass the most improved.
  • #ShowUsYourGrass Dec. 14 - Dec. 27 Show us Endurant on grass. Open to all professionals who have used Endurant on turf grass, sod or anywhere grass grows.
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Oct 19, 2020

Naples Lawn Service Offers Endurant for Best Results

Agronomy Expert and Endurant User Shares How He Stays Top of Class

“The arms race of who is the best has changed over the past 10 years,” said Jeffrey Juchnowicz, owner of Terra Garden Solutions, a Naples, Florida-based business that provides fertilizer, pesticide, nutrient and chemical services for 8,500 home lawns in Collier and Lee counties. “It went from 'who has the best agronomic mind?' to 'who is using colorant, how early are they painting the grass, are they using Endurant and how often?'” Juchnowicz said. [caption id="attachment_1486" align="alignleft" width="375"]Endurant provides the best lawn Terra Garden Solutions continues providing the best lawns in Naples and throughout Southwest Florida using Endurant lawn colorant.[/caption]

Why would anyone paint grass green?!

That’s a relatively common first question and reaction from people just learning about Endurant turf colorants. “When I learned about turf colorant, funny enough, it was a Facebook ad that popped up from Geoponics,” said Juchnowicz. “I did the haha react,” he said. Juchnowicz and his father are masters at caring for the now common Florida turfgrass species. They were among those to think, "only a novice would need a lawn colorant, right?" “Sure enough I looked into it. I was put into a situation that needed fast results. Fertilizer takes two weeks, but we have an event in three days,” said Juchnowicz. “I laughed again and messaged Geoponics,” he said. The property had super high pH soil that could not be amended. In a few days, the CEOs and other bigwigs would be doing their fall walk through, inspecting their developments of gated communities and shopping centers, including this property. Even a multigenerational turf professional like Juchnowicz felt the pressure. He went to Ewing Irrigation & Landscape Supply to pick up the Endurant turf colorant they had in stock and applied it to the property. “No one noticed and no one knew,” said Juchnowicz. “One day there was an issue and the next it was gone,” he said. [caption id="attachment_1488" align="alignleft" width="375"]Terra Garden Solutions painting grass with Endurant for best lawns in Naples Painting grass can minimize usage of other harsh chemicals, including fungicides, while providing greener grass all year long, which is one of the requests of high end Naples clients.[/caption]

Endurant or Other Colorants

There are many reasons why people choose Endurant specifically. Juchnowicz had his own reasons and among them was ensuring that grass was green, but not nearby pavers, driveways, sidewalks or garden features.   "Staining during mixing is really the biggest issue. You can throw it in the tank and if it kicks back at you. With Endurant, you can get a wet rag and wipe it off pavement right away. With other paints and colorant brands, as soon as it touches pavement, it gets into those creviees and we can’t get it off sometimes for over a year," he said. Juchnowicz tells several client stories, including one were a woman complained to him that a neighbor’s grass was greener than hers. Both lost chlorophyll naturally during the colder months. The neighbor's lawn lost color too, but it was painted and the color looked fake, he said. She didn’t believe him until he pointed out the marks on the pavers. “You can tell who’s using Endurant and who is not,” said Juchnowicz. Some are using indicator dye, some are using something so blue, it looks like pond colorant or lake dye, exclaimed Juchnowicz. And these are applied to high end properties in Naples’ Port Royal neighborhood. Juchnowicz was asked to make the house at the end of Port Charles look perfect for the owner, who was on his way home. Of the 60 houses or so on the street, about 15 were painted and most looked terrible, said Juchnowicz. “The one on the right looked like circus paint, fluorescent almost. The one on the left looked pale and patchy,” he said. “As you went down the street you could see all these different paints and dyes used. Then, you get to the one painted with Endurant and you see a natural green color,” he added. The owner was thrilled, saying, “it never looked so good.”

Usages for Endurant

There are two ways that Terra Garden Solutions uses Endurant, said Juchnowicz. First is that high pressure situation where you need results quickly. He often uses Endurant when something goes wrong to save someone else or to save himself. Endurant helps everyone keep their jobs as grass recovers from whatever is ailing it and maintains the healthy looking green color in the meantime. The second use of Endurant is the proactive approach, he said. Going forward, he plans to implement the second approach to minimize the occurrence of high pressure problems.  

Story from a Client: "Fire Them. The Grass Will Never Recover!"

“We got a call from a high end resident that a lawn company accidentally scalped her turf and she didn’t think it would recover. I know it will recover. She’s in her 80s and wants to fire the lawn company,” said Juchnowicz. He applied Endurant to get the grass green while it returned to perfect health. “In that situation, I saved not only the company I work with, but also my job. To use 10 gallons of water mixed in with Endurant to keep a high end client, it’s nominal,” he said.

Maintaining The Reputation as the Best in Naples with Endurant

Juchnowicz is not only a second generation Florida turf grass expert, he has been in the pest control and fertilizer business for 17 years and has owned his own company for 8 years. Terra Garden Solutions cares mostly for three species of grass: zoysia, seashore paspalum and St. Augustine. “In Naples, for the past seven years, my Zoysia has looked better in the winter than any other companies and I got a lot of business because of that. My father helped write the sod farm specs for how to grow zoysia down here,” said Juchnowicz. Then, one winter, someone else’s grass was looking greener, he said. It seemed impossible. He knew better than anyone how to care for zoysia, maintaining color without getting fungus and without going dormant. There was a turning point in landscaping when he saw that greener lawn. “I took it as a slight. They don’t know how to take care of zoysia, so they had to paint it. I thought they used it as a crutch,” he said. He laughed. But then he had a realization and soon a change of perspective. “It opens a door for clients who are demanding or for high end clientele who want specific results, period,” Juchnowicz said. It also helped him out of all those urgent situations, creating perfect grass in time for an event.

The Benefits of Endurant

Now, Terra Garden Solutions offers Endurant grass paint for clients' lawns, no extra charge. He minimized the fungicide, insecticide and microbe costs, diminishing their need in the winter and instead just paints lawns around the end of November to mid-December. The color lasts. He has no worries about a fungus problem or a big orange spot and he can apply Endurant lawn colorant once, saving on two applications of fungicide, insecticide and micro nutrients. “It’s much less than half the cost in materials plus the savings in labor,” he said. While Juchnowicz does not apply fertilizer on zoysia because it will cause problems with the fungus, he does save on the other potential environmental contaminants by choosing Endurant instead. “It’s a feel good product. We’re doing the right thing at the right time on the property. We’re doing the right thing for the environment while doing the right thing for the pocket book,” said Juchnowicz.     Read More