Features

  • When a Redexim Top-Brush was unloaded from the trailer for a working demonstration at Woolley Park in 2021, head greenkeeper John Rowbottom was so impressed that it never went back on!

  • How to optimise nitrogen inputs

    Nitrogen influences shoot and root growth, shoot density, cold and drought hardiness, colour, recuperative potential and disease susceptibility.

  • How to maintain your irrigation system

    We are about to start a new season for irrigation, and that means all those niggles and issues you ignored last season will be back to bite you … unless action is taken.

  • Vanmac has a wide range of quality solutions to cutting around the course, thanks to the Progressive range of trailed and mounted rotary finishing mowers.

  • Meet the group course manager: Chris Smith

    Smith, from Cranleigh G&CC and Chelsfield Lakes GC, details how work has changed in the last two years and why giving up a job as an electrician to pursue a career in greenkeeping turned out to be a great decision.

  • We look at two leading machines showcasing hybrid mowing technology in a riding greensmower and all-electric technology in a pedestrian mower, exclusively available from distributor Reesink Turfcare.

  • Iain Barr, course manager at Largs GC, Ayrshire, has known and used Wiedenmann deep aerators since they were launched 30 years ago, and has had close association with six machines.

  • SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid relieves compaction

    The patented SISIS Javelin Aer-Aid 1500 machine greatly increases the speed of the aeration process by directly injection air into the rootzone at a fast working rate, creating thousands of fissures.

  • With Otterbine’s Fountain Glo™ colour changing lights there is no need for the lights to go out when the sun goes down.

  • GripClad Q&A

    Here are some GripClad anti-slip tread frequently answered questions.

  • A day in the life: Keith Burgon

    The head greenkeeper at Eyemouth Golf Club, an 18-hole cliff-top links that provides spectacular views over the East Berwickshire coastline, takes us through his average day.

  • Head greenkeeper at Eyemouth Golf Club, Keith Burgon, has praised the Redexim Multi-Seeder for transforming overseeding operations at the Scottish club.

  • Meet the head greenkeeper: Mark Dodd

    The head greenkeeper at Gairloch Golf Club in the north-west Highlands of Scotland talks about what he loves about his work – and what makes it so much easier for him.

  • BTME Preview: Dennis and SISIS

    Dennis and SISIS will be introducing their new and exciting range of environmentally friendly turf maintenance machinery to the golf market at BTME 2022.

  • BTME Preview: Redexim

    Following an official re-brand in July 2021, Redexim will be returning to BTME 2022 to showcase equipment from across its sports turf and landscaping divisions.

  • BTME Preview: GKB

    Stand 406 in the purple zone promises to be a showcase of equipment for all seasons as GKB Machines get set to return to BTME.

  • BTME Preview: Headland Amenity

    Headland Amenity will be shining a spotlight on its range of water management products – including TeraFirm, DewCure and TriCure AD – at BTME 2022.

  • The head greenkeeper at St Athan Golf Club in Wales, a nine-hole course that boasts a particularly challenging 590 yard par five hole, takes us through his average day.

  • Origin Amenity Solutions is a new name to BTME but its group members are well known and highly regarded.

  • BTME Preview: Waste2Water

    “Along with everyone else, we’re delighted to be back after missing last year due to Covid,” says Tim Earley, managing director of ESD Waste2Water.

  • BTME preview: Border Sports Services

    Border Sports is the UK distributor of Capillary Bunkers and will be exhibiting at BTME at Harrogate Convention Centre from March 22 to 24.