With topdressing season just around the corner it is time to think about the fact that any turf manager can help improve our soils by topdressing with compost or compost blends. This market is growing and as people become more aware of the fact that growing grass on synthetic fertilizers which are short term and […]
Earth & Turf Products is exhibiting at the Green & Growing Show in Greensboro, NC today (1/18) & tomorrow (1/19). Although Greensboro received 7-8″ of snow, the show must go on! Come visit us at booth 1610!
Compost Improves Turfgrass Helps Control Thatch Provides Nutrients Helps the Soil Retain and Release Nutrients Helps Suppress Disease-Causing Bacteria & Fungi Improves the Turf Roof System These advantages are due to the living organisms in the compost, as well as the partially degraded materials that provide compost’s bulk. When compost is further degraded by microorganisms […]
It is interesting how many people are catching on to the idea of how important water will be to our future. Actually more valuable than gold since you can’t eat gold our derive life from it as a resource. I was just reading Connect, a small flyer put out by American Hort and they are […]
Keeping our soils Healthy has always been a major focus to us here at Earth & Turf Products LLC. We have been building topdressers / compost spreaders for over 15 years and have been involved in the design and development of Compost Spreaders since 1989. We are getting more and more support by articles that […]
May is a great time to begin spreading compost on your turf grass to improve your soil. The process will help you improve your soil and get thick healthy turf grass. You can combine this with core aeration to allow the soil to breath and get some of the compost down in the root zone. […]
Humus style composts with special additives are being used on wildlife food plots to improve the growth of a variety of crops. One local company Nature’s Trophy Blend is selling a great Humus compost with additives to improve the soil in small plots along wooded areas. They have seen a great increase in the structure […]
The Journal of Environmental Management says turf grass is the largest crop in America about 40 million acres. This would include Lawns, Sports turf and Golf courses. There is a concern that with all this turf watering it could put a strain on our water system and environment. U.S. News & World report wrote about […]
When you bake a cake you start with a recipe and then you pull together all the ingredients, put everything together and then pop it in the oven and if you have done everything right bingo you get a great cake. Growing turf is really not all that much different. The ingredients are soil, nutrients, […]