When greenkeepers at one of the North’s leading golf courses wanted a better way of overseeding their greens, they turned to GreenTek’s innovative product range for help.
Now, three years after investing in Dyna-Seeders they’re amazed at the results achieved.
Like all greenkeepers, they dreamt of dense, healthy greens but found promoting fresh new growth challenging with greens filling up with Poa Annua and members objecting to the disruption caused by overseeding.
But now they can achieve healthy greens, thanks to GreenTek’s innovative technology.
Head greenkeeper Carl Loseby has high standards to maintain, and members expect the very best, as for 23 years the course was a venue on the European Tour - testing the likes of Faldo, Woosnam, Olazabal, Weiskopf, Jacklin, Trevino and many others.
Carl, who has worked at the club for 37 years, explains: “We previously used a sand-injection and seeding method which caused a lot of disturbance, leading to extra work to get the green back in play for members.
“Realising we needed an effective replacement, we bought the Dyna-Seeders for our Toro machine about 3 years ago following a demonstration of the innovative products.
“The results have been amazing! The sward composition of the greens has changed from 70% Poa Annua / 30% bent, to 70% bent and only 30% Poa Annua over this 3 year period; and the germination rates have been much more than I ever thought possible.
“We spend £4,000 per year on seed (180kg of seed each year) so getting such a strong take-up maximises this investment.”
But it’s the time savings which have pleased Carl most.
He adds: “I particularly like the speed that we can overseed and the ability to get a green back in play immediately with no further work required. A process that previously typically took up to two days to complete can now be done in just half a day which is amazing.
“I don’t need to do anything afterwards – no rolling – as the seed just goes straight into the hole.
“I’d have no hesitation in recommending the Dyna-Seeder to anyone.”
The revolutionary Dyna-Seeder provides a unique opportunity to quickly and effectively sow your chosen grass species with precision and speed.
Their vibra-spiking mechanism creates thousands of clean holes or ‘plant pots’ for the seed to lodge and germinate in. Seed is precisely metred out onto the green at the most economical application rate and then pushed into the holes by the brushes.
Consistent seed distribution reduces seed wastage – meaning pure bent seed can be sown as low as 5g per metre accurately and without wind drift.
