Gator Green Grass is making it easy to maintain healthy green grass all year long in Northeast Florida. The unique combination of Endurant turf colorant with Geoponics' plant and soil nutrition makes for gorgeous results all year.
Whether turf is brown from winter dormancy, dry from low rain and wind, or patchy from challenges in the soil, Gator Green Grass provides instant solutions and lasting results.
[caption id="attachment_1610" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Gator Green Grass of Jacksonville, Florida provides vibrant green lawns even during dry weather conditions and winter dormancy, using Endurant turf colorants and enhancing soil and plant health with Geoponics SoilPlex and Carbotein.[/caption]
Launching a Grass Painting Business
John Tunsill launched his grass painting business, Gator Green Grass, servicing Jacksonville and the surrounding Northeast Florida area in late winter to early spring 2021.
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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 are transforming Texas neighborhoods as Ruben Alonso and son "Ru" wow the world online[/caption]
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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[/caption]
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).
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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.
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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.
Buy Endurant Turf Colorants
Call your sales rep, order online or contact Geoponics today to BUY ENDURANT or learn more.
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"] 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.
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"] 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)
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 lawnRead More
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[/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 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 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.
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
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"] 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.
(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.
Alawnso Services and Endurant turf colorants are transforming Texas neighborhoods as Ruben Alonso and son "Ru" wow the world online[/caption]
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Endurant Demo: Product demonstrations for SiteOne store representatives ignites a lawn care revolution in Southwest Florida[/caption]
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.
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 using Green Again Pro, parts of this Christmas tree were browning before the holidays[/caption]
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]
