A+, The Andersons Complete Turf Health System
The Andersons A+ Turf Health System is a unique combination of technologies to provide the turf manager the most advanced nutrition for the most demanding, finely manicured turf in the world. The A+ system combines the most complete and balanced dispersible granule nutrients and controls, adds our new Foltec™ foliar nutrients and incorporates them all into and advanced modeling tool that we call the TNT Ultra
Introducing Foltec™ Foliar Nutrition
The Andersons has developed a special line of Foliar Nutritent products specifically designed to compliment the baseline nutrition strategy established and proven Contec DG products.
New Foltec Foliar Nutrient are technically advanced to achieve high efficiency absorption and plant tissue feeding. These properties are particularly effective for non-plant mobile nutrients like iron and manganese or for periods of high stress or low moisture. The use of Foltec products has been integrated into the TNT Ultra for Turf Managers.
The Foltec line includes two families of products - products containing amino acids, which aid in energy conservation during stress periods, and products containing sea-plant extracts, which contain elicitors of plant hormone responses and has shown to aid the plant during times of stress.
Our University testing has shown that our Foltec nutrients have speed-to-reponse equivalent to superior to the high-end national brands. However, we think the turf manager can get so much more out of their nutrition by optimizing nutrition above and below the surface by combining with a Contec DG base-line nutrition program. Typically foliar nutrients are used almost exclusively on finely cut turf like putting greens during high-stress periods. Our testing has shown a base-line nutrition program using Contec DG throughout summer months, with a compliment of Foltec foliar nutrition, provides superior results. What is most surprising to turf managers, is that a program of Foltec + Contec DG, typically is significantly less costly that a complete foliar program from the national brands.
What's New with DG?
Contec DG and DGpro have established themselves as the preeminiant choice for putting greens, tees and high-value sportsfield applications. New for 2010, The Andersons is introducing new higher visibility Contec DG specifically for easier applications. And we have also expanded the Contec DG line with two new dispersible formulas:
- 0-0-12 with 24% Mg, higher visibility
- 14-7-14, a higher visibility version of our most popular 18-9-18 Contec DG
Additionally we have added two new dispersible formulas to enhance our turf health system. We are introducing DGLime (SGN100) and DGgypsum (SGN125) for 2010 as well. Both formulas are dispersing formulas suitable for finely-cut turf and disperse into with soil with 0.2" of irrigation or precipitation. For best results check the turf 10 minutes after irrigation and apply an additonal 0.1" if needed.
Tie it all together with the TNT Ultra
Thousands of superintendants have been discovering the power of using The Andersons Turf Nutrition Tool (TNT) software to select the right product combinations to match specific needs and conditions to apply at the optimum rates and times for your turf.
Our newest verison, the TNT Ultra, integrates Foltec applications, soil test recommendations and a new summary page to help the professional turf manager optimize turf nutrition and health. And good new for customers, the newest TNT continues to be free for turf managers to download.
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