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.
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.
Nick Jones owned and operated a pest control and lawn care business in a rural part of Oklahoma for years. Less then five years ago though, he found a different niche that brought him out of the confines of Perkins, Oklahoma and into partnering with other lawn maintenance businesses to provide a new service—grass painting, in larger nearby cities.
He grew his business first by adding lawn painting as an offering to his clients, and now expanding the business further by offering painting as a consultant or contractor for other lawn and maintenance companies. By contracting with Jones, these companies find they can avoid the need for new equipment and still expand their offerings.
[caption id="attachment_1428" align="alignleft" width="660"] A dormant lawn painted in Oklahoma using Endurant Turf Colorant.[/caption]
Painting Grass Makes News: Putting Endurant Turf Colorants to the Test
Painting grass. “That still sounds bazaar,” said Jones. But in the past two years, people have become increasingly aware of the benefits so the oddity isn’t so off-putting, he added.
When people see it, they also have an interest, sometimes before they’re even aware of the benefits.
“They’ll say, ‘I know you painted that yard, can you come look at my house?’ Or another one I get is someone ordered paint online and it didn’t look the way the online ad showed it,” said Jones. “That’s because it wasn’t an Endurant product,” he added.
Even hiring helpers, he hears, “Why would you paint grass?” They see it and then they get it, said Jones.
“First time I saw it was not a commercial but news about water restrictions in California and in Texas,” recalled Jones. “I thought, that’s interesting and a viable solution for overseeding rye.”
Then, Jones got online and searched for turf paint options.
“Like 10 names came up, so I ordered 10 of those. I have about a two-acre backyard and set up a test lot for each one. I painted and watched it through the winter,” said Jones.
A clear winner was revealed among the test plots, he said.
“Everybody who came by was like, ‘that’s what I want my turf to look like,’” relayed Jones.
So rather than spending a lot of time researching the companies, he tested them for himself.
[caption id="attachment_1431" align="alignleft" width="660"] Curb appeal is made easy with Endurant turf colorant applied by Nick Jones in Oklahoma.[/caption]
Expanding the Lawn Care Business to Include Landscape Colorants
It took some further testing to learn how to profit from it in a way that differed somewhat from the model of the lawn care business, which for the most part is about the speed in which the landscapers can complete a property. Colorant was about expertise and the savings came in forms such as water, seed and chemicals. The clients were a niche market.
“The first year was basically a learning year,” Jones said.
This encouraged other businesses to contract Jones, who had all the equipment and the operation down to a science rather than recreating all those efforts themselves, he said.
“It’s one thing to put it down and for it to look good. Phase two was to put it down in a way that you could repeat it for a profit in multiple yards,” said Jones.
[caption id="attachment_1432" align="alignleft" width="480"] Adding a pop of color to grass using Endurant turf colorant brings growing business to lawn service professional Nick Jones.[/caption]
Tips and Tricks: Benefits of Endurant Turf Colorant
In that year he learned the best equipment for various site conditions; different shades of Endurant ideal for particular species of grass and yards; how clean the property needs to be; and other tips and tricks for ideal results accomplished efficiently.
He outgrew Perkins. The past two years, Jones has stretched his business working with other landscapers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
“With Endurant, we have a guaranteed look at every job. In Oklahoma, with weather being what it is, people are spending a lot of money on overseed and they don’t know how it’s going to look,” said Jones. “A lot of times that’s poor,” he added.
He uses Endurant to take the guesswork out of the equation.
“You know what you’re going to get with painting. That’s kind of the number one thing with it,” said Jones.
The species of grass leads not to just desiring a specific shade of Endurant, but also to applications benefits.
“Overseed over dormant Bermuda grass is dependent on rain and temperature being right,” said Jones
However, with Fescue, which often maintains some color, the look is different.
“You can just go over the top of Fesuce and it looks like a million bucks. You can save on water. You never deprive the plant of nutrients, but you can cut back a bit,” he said
[caption id="attachment_1429" align="alignleft" width="660"] Home owners and real estate professionals enjoy the benefits of Endurant turf colorant applied to dormant turf as an extra lawn service in Oklahoma.[/caption]
Sports Fields & Businesses: Effects of Covid 19
In addition to home lawns, properties for sale gain curb appeal, while businesses and athletic fields also benefit from the colorant.
“If you have two businesses say on opposite corners, across from one another, such as two gas stations, people will go to the one with the better looking lawn,” said Jones.
“If your gas station is green and the neighbor’s is brown, people are naturally drawn to the green,” said Jones.
That’s the same with a home lawn, property for sale or an athletic field.
Sports teams are at least as competitive. Softball and baseball fields are increasingly finding the benefits of colorants, often while at visiting another team’s well-maintained field.
“If you overseed, it’s really hard on coaches and managers to have it look good for the summer,” said Jones.
Due to Covid 19, baseball season started and then got shut down in spring 2020.
With uncertainty remaining into fall and another season on the horizon, athletic field management choices are likely to change.
“We don’t know if we want to put that much money and time into overseed and then the season is ended early again. Overseeding some and then painting is an option. Or paint it so you’re not out the time. It’s most cost effective. That way, if you lose the season, you don’t lose that time and investment,” said Jones.
[caption id="attachment_1430" align="alignleft" width="660"] Painting grass pays off for the owner of home and commercial lawn service companies in Oklahoma.[/caption]
Tricks of the Trade & Professional Painting Equipment
“The biggest thing is to talk to someone who has done it before you do it,” said Jones.
Familiarity with the colors
Knowledge of the area: “Bermuda looks different in Oklahoma than it does in South Carolina.”
Each customer has a desired look and expectation
Test your equipment
Eventually, customization of equipment and process (Such as a walking boom and other things Jones built specifically for painting. Sprayers for smaller versus larger properties.)
Edging wheel, particularly for residential and commercial to assist in keeping paint off concrete and other undesired areas near the grass.
For a once a year application, when approaching winter dormancy, paint immediately following Thanksgiving just before people are hanging Christmas lights. This helps avoid having to move wires.
For twice a year applications, a light coat can be applied in October when a loss of green begins and then a darker coat.
[caption id="attachment_108" align="alignleft" width="660"] Endurant colorant varieties. Check out the full line at TurfPaint.net with additional options in pigments, including Endurant TE, and a new hybrid paint and pigment, Endurant FLEX.[/caption]
A Professional’s Personal Take on Using All the Various Turf Colors
“I personally use Endurant FW (Fairway) on the fescue. A little of “Fairway” goes a long way on the Fescue,” said Jones. “TC on Bermuda really looks nice,” he added.
Jones learned to blend for optimizing results.
“That’s where understanding the colors comes in. The Fairway (FW) gets dark quick. I use a lot of Fairway (FW and TC concentrate,” said Jones.
He also uses a base coat of FW with a top of Premium applied at different rates. “To get it to pop.”
The different grasses have different looks and base shades at different stages of growth and dormancy. Bermuda goes dormant in a whiter shade while Zoysia when dormant has a little more yellow, so Premium often brings that to the desired green shade.
Different landscapers he works with use different mixes and processes to get their desired look.
“Some people just want green but not with a lot of attention,” he said. “It’s different strokes for different folks.”
Most importantly, Endurant doesn’t fade to blue like so many other brands, noted Jones.
Having worked with marking dyes, pigments and paints, Jones points out: “Marking dyes go away pretty quickly. Pigment will erode to a not natural color. Paints will last. What we’re working with here with Endurant lasts for the longest duration,” he said.
He’s seen other lawn companies try to duplicate the look without knowing the products or process.
“They’ll quadruple the amount of marking dye or pigment on the yard. Ten or even 30 days later, it may look competitive to ours. But a month or two later, our yard is till holding color,” said Jones.
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Geoponics, the maker of Endurant turf colorants, has three things to celebrate:
1.) Turf Paint turning 10 years old;
2.) Geoponics is launching a new product;
3.) and YOU. Yes Geoponics is celebrating you, our clients, with giveaways and cash prizes.
Happy Birthday Turf Paint:
Enduring the Years with Endurant
[caption id="attachment_1332" align="aligncenter" width="727"] Credit: Four Seasons Costa Rica[/caption]
Remember that first double-digit birthday when you were a kid? One of your kids'? Grandkids'? Remember the excitement?
We want to share that enthusiasm throughout the year.
Geoponics has a lot of gifts, and we like to share them!
We hope you'll participate, and get rewarded for doing so!
New Product Launch:
We Keep Growing
Geoponics has launched several products over the years. These include innovations in turf paint through the Endurant line.
Very soon, we have an exciting new product to share. This product will be groundbreaking and earth changing. Really? Yes!
Changing the earth, that's what we do! We harness the natural processes of the Earth to foster growth. We enjoy watching you, our clients, grow with us!
Keep an eye out for news about Geoponics' newest product launch. There isn't much more exciting than something new (even if you're a 10 year old). Because new opportunities, new gifts, new products-- these are things we all love.
Celebrating Our Clients with Cash Giveaways:
Grow with Us
Although we can't give away our newest product details, yet, we CAN giveaway CASH, soon.
Hope we didn't ruin any surprises for you by sharing these sneak peeks to get you amped up, stoked, revved up, hyped-- all for our birthday bash and related announcements.
Why? Because we hope you'll come to the party!
So we can say, "Surprise! Here's your prize!"
Not just hundreds, thousands of dollars in prizes.
Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to learn more about contest details. You may also subscribe to our You Tube channel.
We'll have an email, news release and blog posted as well. Do you want to be sure not to miss it? Then make sure you're subscribed to our email. There, we'll share contest details.
Golf course superintendents, maintenance crews, sod farmers, lawn and landscapers, we can't wait to see you on the web!
#Show us your grass!
Geoponics' Pages, Accounts and Links to Follow
We're all over the interwebs. Is that what you call it these days? We have social media pages, websites and virtual outlets galore to keep you entertained and informed. It's not just to share the news, it's also to cash you up! {Snorts}
So, check out the links below and follow them all or pick your favorite. Also, a contest website will be revealed soon for our cash prize giveaway hub. This is a social media sweepstakes with cash prizes you don't want to miss.
In the meantime, we'll keep you posted here:
It's time for our Early Order Program discounts. Get Endurant turf colorants at the best price of the year through September. Contact your sales rep today to learn more. Don't have a sales rep? We'll get you one. Send an email to info@geoponicscorp.com .
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Turf managers are sharing their experiences using Endurant throughout the summer and as they begin fall management preparations.
[caption id="attachment_1290" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Zoysia gets an August color boost with Endurant. Turf colorant provides a full turfgrass makeover to this zoysia grass. Before and after photos shared by Landscape Supply.[/caption]
The images posted are a few of our favorite photos of Endurant turf colorants used on home lawns, farms, golf courses or sports fields that users shared in August. Endurant is used throughout the summer on cool and warm season grasses. Endurant is also the first choice for fall color preparations.
Endurant turf colorants are popular throughout the year on warm and cool season grasses, but fall is one of the most common times of the year for turfgrass professionals to consider color enhancers as cooler weather will begin to cause grass to lose color and chlorophyl, particularly in warm season grass varieties.
Nonetheless, cool season grasses were enhanced by the use of Endurant throughout this summer and leading into fall as well. Turfgrass professionals,
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Geoponics offers several unique wetting agents that help to manage and conserve water. Geoponics' soil surfactants each offer benefits that go beyond short term water management, improving the health of the soil and plants longterm.
HydraHawk is a popular soil surfactant among golf course superintendents for its improvement in soil and water management that includes a mindful, sustainable approach to the environment made with all natural plant extracts.
Soil surfactants are most effective when combined with Agriox, which breathes
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Penterra is the fastest-acting soil penetrant on the market. Penterra isn't just an ordinary soil surfactant. It gets water moving through the soil profile, FAST.
When rain and soil conditions cause puddling and flooding, Penterra is the solution to get water moving quickly.
Penterra is a key tool for water management, not only helping in flood situations to drain rain quickly, but also to even out water distribution in hardened or dry soils.
[caption id="attachment_1198" align="alignleft" width="381"] Penterra is the fastest acting wetting agent. Get water moving throughout the soil profile. FAST[/caption]
Penterra is a staple to have handy for turfgrass managers. It is applied before and after rain storms. It is often applied prior to rain when a storm is in the forecast. Penterra is also used after flooding has occurred. This is why Penterra is often referred to as the rain drain. However, Penterra does more as a water management tool and for water conservation than just move rain water
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If you have wet soil, compacted soil or soil that for any reason is not allowing for even coverage of water throughout the soil profile, this is what you do. You apply the wetting agent Penterra, which is the fastest-acting soil penetrant on the market, while breathing life back into the soil with Agriox, slow release oxygen for anaerobic soils.
[caption id="attachment_1165" align="alignleft" width="647"] Penterra & Agriox are powerhouses for speedy and lasting recovery in heavy rains and even floods. The two work especially well together to get water moving through the soil profile evenly while adding oxygen to anaerobic soil.[/caption]
Keep soil and plants breathing easy: Agriox & Penterra
A dormant lawn painted in Oklahoma using Endurant Turf Colorant.[/caption]
Painting Grass Makes News: Putting Endurant Turf Colorants to the Test
Painting grass. “That still sounds bazaar,” said Jones. But in the past two years, people have become increasingly aware of the benefits so the oddity isn’t so off-putting, he added.
When people see it, they also have an interest, sometimes before they’re even aware of the benefits.
“They’ll say, ‘I know you painted that yard, can you come look at my house?’ Or another one I get is someone ordered paint online and it didn’t look the way the online ad showed it,” said Jones. “That’s because it wasn’t an Endurant product,” he added.
Even hiring helpers, he hears, “Why would you paint grass?” They see it and then they get it, said Jones.
“First time I saw it was not a commercial but news about water restrictions in California and in Texas,” recalled Jones. “I thought, that’s interesting and a viable solution for overseeding rye.”
Then, Jones got online and searched for turf paint options.
“Like 10 names came up, so I ordered 10 of those. I have about a two-acre backyard and set up a test lot for each one. I painted and watched it through the winter,” said Jones.
A clear winner was revealed among the test plots, he said.
“Everybody who came by was like, ‘that’s what I want my turf to look like,’” relayed Jones.
So rather than spending a lot of time researching the companies, he tested them for himself.
[caption id="attachment_1431" align="alignleft" width="660"]
Curb appeal is made easy with Endurant turf colorant applied by Nick Jones in Oklahoma.[/caption]
Expanding the Lawn Care Business to Include Landscape Colorants
It took some further testing to learn how to profit from it in a way that differed somewhat from the model of the lawn care business, which for the most part is about the speed in which the landscapers can complete a property. Colorant was about expertise and the savings came in forms such as water, seed and chemicals. The clients were a niche market.
“The first year was basically a learning year,” Jones said.
This encouraged other businesses to contract Jones, who had all the equipment and the operation down to a science rather than recreating all those efforts themselves, he said.
“It’s one thing to put it down and for it to look good. Phase two was to put it down in a way that you could repeat it for a profit in multiple yards,” said Jones.
[caption id="attachment_1432" align="alignleft" width="480"]
Adding a pop of color to grass using Endurant turf colorant brings growing business to lawn service professional Nick Jones.[/caption]
Tips and Tricks: Benefits of Endurant Turf Colorant
In that year he learned the best equipment for various site conditions; different shades of Endurant ideal for particular species of grass and yards; how clean the property needs to be; and other tips and tricks for ideal results accomplished efficiently.
He outgrew Perkins. The past two years, Jones has stretched his business working with other landscapers in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
“With Endurant, we have a guaranteed look at every job. In Oklahoma, with weather being what it is, people are spending a lot of money on overseed and they don’t know how it’s going to look,” said Jones. “A lot of times that’s poor,” he added.
He uses Endurant to take the guesswork out of the equation.
“You know what you’re going to get with painting. That’s kind of the number one thing with it,” said Jones.
The species of grass leads not to just desiring a specific shade of Endurant, but also to applications benefits.
“Overseed over dormant Bermuda grass is dependent on rain and temperature being right,” said Jones
However, with Fescue, which often maintains some color, the look is different.
“You can just go over the top of Fesuce and it looks like a million bucks. You can save on water. You never deprive the plant of nutrients, but you can cut back a bit,” he said
[caption id="attachment_1429" align="alignleft" width="660"]
Home owners and real estate professionals enjoy the benefits of Endurant turf colorant applied to dormant turf as an extra lawn service in Oklahoma.[/caption]
Sports Fields & Businesses: Effects of Covid 19
In addition to home lawns, properties for sale gain curb appeal, while businesses and athletic fields also benefit from the colorant.
“If you have two businesses say on opposite corners, across from one another, such as two gas stations, people will go to the one with the better looking lawn,” said Jones.
“If your gas station is green and the neighbor’s is brown, people are naturally drawn to the green,” said Jones.
That’s the same with a home lawn, property for sale or an athletic field.
Sports teams are at least as competitive. Softball and baseball fields are increasingly finding the benefits of colorants, often while at visiting another team’s well-maintained field.
“If you overseed, it’s really hard on coaches and managers to have it look good for the summer,” said Jones.
Due to Covid 19, baseball season started and then got shut down in spring 2020.
With uncertainty remaining into fall and another season on the horizon, athletic field management choices are likely to change.
“We don’t know if we want to put that much money and time into overseed and then the season is ended early again. Overseeding some and then painting is an option. Or paint it so you’re not out the time. It’s most cost effective. That way, if you lose the season, you don’t lose that time and investment,” said Jones.
[caption id="attachment_1430" align="alignleft" width="660"]
Painting grass pays off for the owner of home and commercial lawn service companies in Oklahoma.[/caption]
Tricks of the Trade & Professional Painting Equipment
Endurant colorant varieties. Check out the full line at TurfPaint.net with additional options in pigments, including Endurant TE, and a new hybrid paint and pigment, Endurant FLEX.[/caption]
A Professional’s Personal Take on Using All the Various Turf Colors
“I personally use Endurant FW (Fairway) on the fescue. A little of “Fairway” goes a long way on the Fescue,” said Jones. “TC on Bermuda really looks nice,” he added.
Jones learned to blend for optimizing results.
“That’s where understanding the colors comes in. The Fairway (FW) gets dark quick. I use a lot of Fairway (FW and TC concentrate,” said Jones.
He also uses a base coat of FW with a top of Premium applied at different rates. “To get it to pop.”
The different grasses have different looks and base shades at different stages of growth and dormancy. Bermuda goes dormant in a whiter shade while Zoysia when dormant has a little more yellow, so Premium often brings that to the desired green shade.
Different landscapers he works with use different mixes and processes to get their desired look.
“Some people just want green but not with a lot of attention,” he said. “It’s different strokes for different folks.”
Most importantly, Endurant doesn’t fade to blue like so many other brands, noted Jones.
Having worked with marking dyes, pigments and paints, Jones points out: “Marking dyes go away pretty quickly. Pigment will erode to a not natural color. Paints will last. What we’re working with here with Endurant lasts for the longest duration,” he said.
He’s seen other lawn companies try to duplicate the look without knowing the products or process.
“They’ll quadruple the amount of marking dye or pigment on the yard. Ten or even 30 days later, it may look competitive to ours. But a month or two later, our yard is till holding color,” said Jones.
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Credit: Four Seasons Costa Rica[/caption]
Remember that first double-digit birthday when you were a kid? One of your kids'? Grandkids'? Remember the excitement?
We want to share that enthusiasm throughout the year.
Geoponics has a lot of gifts, and we like to share them!
We hope you'll participate, and get rewarded for doing so!
Zoysia gets an August color boost with Endurant. Turf colorant provides a full turfgrass makeover to this zoysia grass. Before and after photos shared by Landscape Supply.[/caption]
The images posted are a few of our favorite photos of Endurant turf colorants used on home lawns, farms, golf courses or sports fields that users shared in August. Endurant is used throughout the summer on cool and warm season grasses. Endurant is also the first choice for fall color preparations.
Endurant turf colorants are popular throughout the year on warm and cool season grasses, but fall is one of the most common times of the year for turfgrass professionals to consider color enhancers as cooler weather will begin to cause grass to lose color and chlorophyl, particularly in warm season grass varieties.
Nonetheless, cool season grasses were enhanced by the use of Endurant throughout this summer and leading into fall as well. Turfgrass professionals,
Read More
Penterra is the fastest acting wetting agent. Get water moving throughout the soil profile. FAST[/caption]
Penterra is a staple to have handy for turfgrass managers. It is applied before and after rain storms. It is often applied prior to rain when a storm is in the forecast. Penterra is also used after flooding has occurred. This is why Penterra is often referred to as the rain drain. However, Penterra does more as a water management tool and for water conservation than just move rain water
Read More
Penterra & Agriox are powerhouses for speedy and lasting recovery in heavy rains and even floods. The two work especially well together to get water moving through the soil profile evenly while adding oxygen to anaerobic soil.[/caption]