Greg Johnson of Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Supply shares the benefits of Endurant turf colorants. First, benefits include overcoming seed prices and shortages. Next, Endurant allows for minimizing water challenges by requiring less of it for optimal results. Also, Endurant turf colorants have been an excellent solution to overcoming appearance problems caused by fungus, Johnson said. Finally, all this means better results for turf grass and minimal negative effects on the environment.
The first time I heard about Endurant it was through Tim Haskins at the Quarry. He was using Geoponics organic products. As he added paint to the program, I got interested in Endurant that way.
Perhaps you've heard the phrase "liquid overseed," but you're not sure what it means. So, we set out to define some common terms in turf grass, including to answer the question: What is liquid overseed? It's a great way to save money and water due to limited seed availability and water shortages. Learn more about this and hybrid overseed, which is using liquid turf colorant and traditional overseed together.
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Golf course superintendents quickly found that Endurant green grass paints led
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Painting sports fields using Endurant turf colorants is preferred at the university and pro sports levels. Agronomic expert Jason Smith, Director of Sports Turf at the University of Florida, shares his turf tips to assist peers and other professionals. Further, Smith shares his main reasons for preferring Endurant turf colorant, specifically. In short: it’s for Endurant’s natural appearance and staying power on turf.
“Endurant looks awesome. The colors are just unbelievably natural looking and it doesn't come off on the uniforms. That’s what sums it up for me."
Jason Smith, Director of Sports Turf, University of Florida, Gators
Painting sports fields is also becoming an increasingly viable solution for high school and municipal sports field managers, as well as landscapers. The more multipurpose the field, the more opportunities and challenges in sports, track and field maintenance.
Use this customizable Endurant program for painting sports fields and maintaining year round green.
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Approximately 10 years ago, painting grass green was a bit of a trade secret. At that time, Endurant turf colorant, made by Geoponics, was growing in reputation for its natural visual appeal and lasting color. Fertizona took notice and a partnership was born. Fertizona became the first and only master distributor of Endurant turf colorants. Now we take a look back through the years how use of turf colorants has changed. And, going forward with seed prices, water challenges and other factors, liquid overseed is becoming more popular than ever coast-to-coast.
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Joel Beason was a golf course superintendent for 10 years before joining SiteOne Landscape Supply as a sales representative. He has been with SiteOne for more than two years, now.
“I’m focused on applications versus install of plants. So, chemicals, fertility products, control products, that’s my line within SiteOne,” said Beason.
He was the superintendent at Moore’s Mill Club in Auburn, Alabama. There, Beason managed turf grass that did not go 100 percent dormant in winter.
Beason is experienced in using both pigments, such as Endurant TE, and paints, including Endurant Premium. Now, Endurant has a brand new product, a hybrid of pigment and paint, Endurant FLEX. The other Endurant turf grass colorant options include the original Endurant TC, Endurant FW (Fairway) and Endurant PR (Perennial Rye). Mulch and tree colorants also have their benefits.
“If we had an unusually cold winter or cold snap, often in the January or February timeframe, we could be on the brink of complete dormancy. Then, we made paint applications,” said Beason.
For the purposes of the Alabama golf club, he used a combination of pigments and paints but only on the greens. He did not use them on fairways and tees at that time.
“When I was at that golf course is when Endurant became popular on social media,” he said.
“We did our research and like everyone was saying, the superintendents and everyone, the consensus was that Endurant was the top of the line when picking brands,” said Beason.
Other benefits of Endurant include the ideal shades of green provided by the colorant. Secondly, Endurant offers longevity of color. Third, the service from Geoponics, the makers of Endurant is the best in the field, said Beason.
Application tips and other advice were easy to come by with Geoponics’ service. This is true whether as a superintendent using Endurant, or now as a salesperson working with Geoponics through SiteOne. Geoponics offers clients the best service possible.
“My go-to Geoponics and Endurant rep Brad [Driggers] is easy to get a hold of, follows up, helps with my clients and pricing and all that goes along with it,” said Beason.
On the golf course, Beason used a mixture of the handgun application technique and the boom spraying method on the greens. He used Endurant Premium, a rich dark shade of green on the Bermuda grass greens, he recalled.
“Selling in a territory where I once worked and having used the product, it really helps selling it,” said Beason.
SiteOne began offering Endurant to customers more than a year ago.
“I was so excited when I found out we would be able to sell it. It’s the most popular product out there. Especially in my area,” said Beason.
Most Endurant customers include golf courses, lawn care operators, universities, high schools and municipalities.
“University of Alabama really likes the product. Athletic Field Manager Jon Dewitt has been several places and used Endurant everywhere he’s been,” said Beason. “We do a ton of work with Alabama, in Tuscaloosa and with trendsetters having a good influence on others doing sports fields,” said Beason.
We’ve got Kathy Harrison, Supervisor of Athletics, at University of Alabama Birmingham, and the Birmingham Legion pro soccer team, started painting last year with Endurant, he said.
For golf, users look for ways to increase rounds and revenue on the backside, and that can be having the competitive edge of Endurant providing pristine color, getting tournament ready and/or TV ready.
LCOs, landscape operators, benefit from Endurant in multiple scenarios, also in terms of competitive edge, at least in terms of increased curb appeal for their customers. A short term chemical burn or herbicide application gone awry can be masked with Endurant while the grass recovers.
“There is a lot of opportunity,” said Beason.
The most eye-catching and competitive might be the athletic fields. The high profile fields they’re on ESPN and they want to be as green as possible in HDTV (high definition TV).
In transitions, an application of Endurant can help mask that dormant leaf blade as the bright green rye grass comes in as well, said Beason.
We get people enjoying Endurant’s quicker green up of Bermuda in the spring time as the colorant helps hold the heat, bring in that sunlight and naturally boost chlorophyll production for added agronomic benefits as well as aesthetic benefits.
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