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.
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
Geoponics, the maker of Endurant professional turf colorants, introduces the new hybrid Endurant Flex, specially formulated for transitions and transition zones, among other uses.
Endurant Flex combines the benefits of a pigment, such as Endurant TE for actively growing grass, with the benefits of a paint, such as Endurant TC and the other shades of Endurant paint, which are formulated for excellent pigmentation of dormant turf. With Endurant Flex turf colorant, you get the benefits of a pigment with the benefits of a paint for those in between times and those in between zones, among other applications.
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Why Flex? Why now?
Geoponics launches their newest product, Endurant Flex, as Endurant turf colorant celebrates its 10th Anniversary of painting grass.
Ten years ago, Endurant became the professional's choice for adding color to turgrass at times when chlorophyll was naturally lacking, such as in seasonal dormancy of warm season grass species, including Bermuda grass. This practice of painting grass using Endurant was implemented to provide a great look and to conserve water, avoid harsh chemical usage, minimize labor expenses, improve transitions between warm and cool season grasses and increase playability on golf courses.
For golf course superintendents specifically, using Endurant on the dormant turf not only added color, it provided the firm and fast playing conditions as preferred by golfers. Still, there are transitions and times overseed is still used and those are among the times to Flex.
[caption id="attachment_1387" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Before and after photos show Endurant turf colorant on dormant warm season Bermuda grass.[/caption]
One of the challenges for some golf course superintendents, landscapers and turfgrass managers remains managing the transitions and transition zones, efficiently, economically, aesthetically and with optimal results agronomically-- all while providing optimal playing surfaces when applicable to golf courses and athletic fields.
Whether it's the time of year when turfgrass is transitioning from actively growing grass to dormant turf or the other way around, when dormant turf is on its way back in growing and producing chlorophyl, these in between times call for a flexible product, one that is in between two of Endurant's fan favorites-- Endurant turf paints and Endurant TE pigment.
Try Endurant Flex today! Flex your turf!
If you already have a sales rep, contact your Endurant distributor or sales representative today and tell them you're ready to Flex your turf! Otherwise, contact Geoponics at 1-877-ECO-GROW (1-877-326-4769) or email info@GeoponicsCorp.com.
Endurant Flex will be available soon on Amazon, where many of Geoponics products are currently available, and on ShopGeoponics.com, where almost all Geoponics products are available (special large orders are available through representatives). By shopping Geoponcis and Endurant on Amazon, Prime members can enjoy free shipping.
[caption id="attachment_108" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Endurant colorant varieties. Check out the full line at TurfPaint.net[/caption]
Find Your Favorite Shade of Green with Endurant Grass Paints
Want to see the different shades of Endurant in one place? Check out this grass painting site. Here you will quench your curiosity about the other Endurant turf colorants that came before Endurant Flex, including Endurant TE (a pigment ideal for actively growing grass); Endurant TC (the original colorant that is a shade of green ideal for many species of grass, common turf conditions and as used in the Endurant sprays for home lawns); Endurant FW (formulated for a richer tone that golf courses enjoy on Fairways); Endurant PR (a perennial rye look) and Endurant Premium (one of the darkest greens).
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Kansas State University recently conducted a study on whether turf colorants stained clothes more than untreated grass.
The findings were favorable for Endurant turf colorant users who experience no additional staining on clothes from marks made with grass treated with Endurant versus untreated grass.
[caption id="attachment_1311" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Don't let stains delay the game. Endurant turf colorants won't mark up uniforms the way another top brand does.[/caption]
Other brands caused more staining to clothes, including some of the top brands.
The field studies of potential clothing blemishes on clothes after athletes contact turfgrass treated with colorants were initiated February 16, 2017.
When athletes make contact with the playing surface, colorants will adhere to the turfgras leaf blades.
[caption id="attachment_1290" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Endurant turf colorant provides a full turfgrass makeover to this zoysia grass. The colorant stays on the field, not on athletes' uniforms! Before and after photos shared by Landscape Supply.[/caption]
In some cases though, some colorant brands other than Endurant also blemished clothing and for some brands the blemishing was significantly more than if the grass was left untreated with colorant.
K-State Turfgrass Research published the study in July 2017.
The study was led by Jared A Hoyle and Daniele L McFadden of Kansas State University.
"Effect of Dormant 'MidIron' Bermudagrass Colorant Applications on Clothing Blemishing" compared the blemishes created by four brands of turf pigments Endurant Premium left the least amount of blemishing, leaving no more blemishing on clothes than untreated turfgrass.
[caption id="attachment_1310" align="alignleft" width="295"] Prevent clothes from becoming one big grass stain. Endurant turf colorants won't stain clothes like other brands, University study finds.[/caption]
According to the study, a brand called Envy left the most amount of staining on clothing that made contact with turfgrass treated with Envy grass paint.
The objective of the research was to determine if turfgrass pigments and paints blemish athletic clothing after the recommended dry time.
Endurant turf colorants, created by Geoponics, do not cause additional staining to athletes' clothes when compared with untreated grass.
As many athletes' clothes are quite expensive, the benefits for teams can be beyond aesthetic and into economic.
We're proud to share the results of the study.
Review the study by University of Kansas online: "Hoyle, J. and McFadden, Daniele L. (2017) 'Effect of Dormant ‘MidIron’ Bermudagrass Colorant Applications on Clothing Blemishing,' Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 3: Iss. 4. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.7151"
Review the PDF of the study here:
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It's about time to consider the fall turfgrass plan for winter management. Are you planning to overseed, apply colorant or considering a combination of the two?
Very few golf course superintendents choose to overseed anymore and if they do, they apply colorant as well-- especially on the east coast of the United States.
[caption id="attachment_976" align="aligncenter" width="969"] Overseed 2016, left. Endurant turf colorant 2017, right. Photo credit: Golf Course Superintendent Alex Price[/caption]
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Golf superintendents play color enhanced paspalum for greener turf & water savings
Endurant turf colorants provide vibrant green ahead of sweltering summer heat during a demonstration for Florida Golf Course Superintendents
Just before summer, participants in the Poa Annua Golf Classic & G.C. Horn Memorial Tournament, presented by the Everglades Golf Course Superintendents Association, saw Endurant turf colorants applied and the immediate effects.
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Golf Course Superintendents are always looking for ways to get ahead of the game to achieve optimal results in turfgrass.
Geoponic's Endurant turf colorants can lead to a huge savings and a vibrant green using less water, fertilizer and other harmful chemicals.
Geoponics provided a demonstration of Endurant Premium, one of several concentrated natural green colorant shades available in the Endurant line of colorants. Endurant was applied at a rate of approximately 3 to 4 gallons per acre on the Platinum Paspalum at The Rookery at Marco golf course, of the Marco Island Marriott. Platinum Paspalum is a turfgrass variety often chosen for environmental benefits, including saving water. Check out more about this variety from West Coast Turf and Western Sod, in a short article here.
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Mulch colorants keep high visibility areas vibrant without over-working & over-mulching
Tim Cameron, golf course and landscape superintendent of Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers shares his experience using Endurant mulch colorants in this brief Q&A with Geoponics Corp.
[caption id="attachment_766" align="alignleft" width="728"] Tim Cameron, golf & landscape manager at Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers, shares why he chooses Endurant mulch colorants for high visibility areas & how he saves labor & tons of mulch.[/caption]
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One of the most popular uses of Endurant TE in turfgrass management is Endurant TE mixed with other products as an indicator dye. It saves money and provides lasting turf enhancement with naturally vibrant green turf color. Learn how it works in this short article.
[caption id="attachment_637" align="alignleft" width="630"] Endurant TE is colorant used on actively growing grass for turf enhancement. Endurant TE is often used in turfgrass management as an indicator dye alternative because of its natural vibrant green grass color with lasting turf enhancement and cost savings compared with other spray indicators. Purchase Endurant TE at www.TurfPaint.net[/caption]
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The month of May is the month of mulch. So, we are sharing a series of articles, videos and photos of landscape transformations focusing on mulch. These articles will provide general information about mulch, mulch colorants and mulch-crete, which holds mulch in place and prevents mulch from eroding from areas such as slopes and hills.
Mulch colorant is the optimal choice when mulch color has faded and adding more mulch is either unnecessary, laborious or would harm plant health when mulch becomes too deep or thick.
This article in the Month of Mulch series explores:
When to add more mulch
When to remove and replace existing mulch
When to apply colorant to mulch
[caption id="attachment_592" align="alignleft" width="479"] Transform mulch with a back-saving, money-saving approach of Endurant mulch colorant applied with a simple garden sprayer. Long-lasting & earth-friendly.[/caption]
There are a few factors to consider when deciding whether to add more mulch, replace mulch or add colorant to existing mulch.
Answering these questions will help you decide whether to add, replace or paint mulch:
Are you mulching mainly for aesthetics and beautification of the landscape?
Achieving the best performance of colorants on turf grass requires simple preparation prior to application. Answering the following questions is key to successfully applying colorants to the turf.
This brief Q&A guide is geared especially toward helping sod growers, golf course superintendents and other landscape managers of large properties. Home lawn users check out this blog for some particulars to help with smaller grass painting jobs. Professionals and home lawn users can also find more tips on how to paint turf here.
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]
Before and after photos show Endurant turf colorant on dormant warm season Bermuda grass.[/caption]
One of the challenges for some golf course superintendents, landscapers and turfgrass managers remains managing the transitions and transition zones, efficiently, economically, aesthetically and with optimal results agronomically-- all while providing optimal playing surfaces when applicable to golf courses and athletic fields.
Whether it's the time of year when turfgrass is transitioning from actively growing grass to dormant turf or the other way around, when dormant turf is on its way back in growing and producing chlorophyl, these in between times call for a flexible product, one that is in between two of Endurant's fan favorites-- Endurant turf paints and Endurant TE pigment.
Endurant colorant varieties. Check out the full line at TurfPaint.net[/caption]
Don't let stains delay the game. Endurant turf colorants won't mark up uniforms the way another top brand does.[/caption]
Other brands caused more staining to clothes, including some of the top brands.
The field studies of potential clothing blemishes on clothes after athletes contact turfgrass treated with colorants were initiated February 16, 2017.
When athletes make contact with the playing surface, colorants will adhere to the turfgras leaf blades.
[caption id="attachment_1290" align="aligncenter" width="660"]
Endurant turf colorant provides a full turfgrass makeover to this zoysia grass. The colorant stays on the field, not on athletes' uniforms! Before and after photos shared by Landscape Supply.[/caption]
In some cases though, some colorant brands other than Endurant also blemished clothing and for some brands the blemishing was significantly more than if the grass was left untreated with colorant.
K-State Turfgrass Research published the study in July 2017.
The study was led by Jared A Hoyle and Daniele L McFadden of Kansas State University.
"Effect of Dormant 'MidIron' Bermudagrass Colorant Applications on Clothing Blemishing" compared the blemishes created by four brands of turf pigments Endurant Premium left the least amount of blemishing, leaving no more blemishing on clothes than untreated turfgrass.
[caption id="attachment_1310" align="alignleft" width="295"]
Prevent clothes from becoming one big grass stain. Endurant turf colorants won't stain clothes like other brands, University study finds.[/caption]
According to the study, a brand called Envy left the most amount of staining on clothing that made contact with turfgrass treated with Envy grass paint.
The objective of the research was to determine if turfgrass pigments and paints blemish athletic clothing after the recommended dry time.
Endurant turf colorants, created by Geoponics, do not cause additional staining to athletes' clothes when compared with untreated grass.
As many athletes' clothes are quite expensive, the benefits for teams can be beyond aesthetic and into economic.
We're proud to share the results of the study.
Review the study by University of Kansas online: "Hoyle, J. and McFadden, Daniele L. (2017) 'Effect of Dormant ‘MidIron’ Bermudagrass Colorant Applications on Clothing Blemishing,' Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 3: Iss. 4. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.7151"
Review the PDF of the study here:
Effect of Dormant 'MidIron' Bermudagrass Colorant Applications on Clothing Blemishing
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Overseed 2016, left. Endurant turf colorant 2017, right. Photo credit: Golf Course Superintendent Alex Price[/caption]
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Tim Cameron, golf & landscape manager at Heritage Palms Golf & Country Club in Fort Myers, shares why he chooses Endurant mulch colorants for high visibility areas & how he saves labor & tons of mulch.[/caption]
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Endurant TE is colorant used on actively growing grass for turf enhancement. Endurant TE is often used in turfgrass management as an indicator dye alternative because of its natural vibrant green grass color with lasting turf enhancement and cost savings compared with other spray indicators. Purchase Endurant TE at www.TurfPaint.net[/caption]
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Transform mulch with a back-saving, money-saving approach of Endurant mulch colorant applied with a simple garden sprayer. Long-lasting & earth-friendly.[/caption]
There are a few factors to consider when deciding whether to add more mulch, replace mulch or add colorant to existing mulch.