Greenmaster Pro-Lite Cold Start – Trial #3

Objective: To determine the level of recovery through early season top dressing using various different spring fertilisers

Duration: April 2016 – June 2016

Location: Harrogate, West Yorkshire

Field site: The turf was an established annual meadow-grass dominated sward growing on a sand based root zone.

Summary

• The treatments were applied in March before a cold spell of spring weather.
• Strong responses were noted despite the cold early spring weather.
• Clear differences were noted in the response to treatments even though N levels were the same.
• The Greenmaster Pro-Lite Cold Start provoked and sustained a strong colour and quality response through the month after the early March treatment.
• The Greenmaster Pro-Lite Turf Tonic produced stronger results as time passed.
• The potassium nitrate produced a slight NDVI blip early on but did not product any marked result otherwise.
• The untreated turf deteriorated rapidly without any fertiliser treatment.