HIGH COST OF FUEL-BASED FERTILIZER MEANS PARKS MANAGERS CAN’T KEEP PARKS, SPORTS FIELDS AND GOLF COURSES GREEN
Turf Feeding Systems save fertilizer expense, water fees and labor
September 5, 2008
HOUSTON, TX—If the cost of fuel at the gas pump is wrecking havoc with your budget, consider the enormous impact of increased oil costs on the care and maintenance of expansive local parks and once-lush golf courses.
The biggest issue in golf, sports turf, and landscape management today is the HIGH PRICE of FERTILIZER. Fertilizer is made from natural gas. And the price of nitrogen and phosphorous-based fertilizer has almost doubled in the last year. Parks and grounds managers in the midst of setting their already small annual budgets for next season are more than concerned. Some of them are at the breaking point.
But there’s hope, according to Michael Chaplinsky, president of Turf Feeding Systems, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based company that has restored the fertilization budgets of public and private-sector grounds managers globally already.
“Fertigation and high-analysis liquid fertilizers are the solution,” explains Chaplinsky. Turf Feeding Systems has been in the business of fertigation—irrigation technology that is attached to the water supply to feed the soil and support the plants with a precise and accurate application of fertilizer and organics throughout the growing season.
Using special liquid nutrients and fertigation, grounds managers can fertilize for less cost than using quick release dry fertilizer, Chaplinsky says. Also, fertigation using the Turf Feeding System’s model that’s most appropriate for the area, can be controlled to keep the nutrient application at a measurably light rates while being evenly applied. That keeps budgets in control and still nets the ultimate foliar uptake keeping the grass well-fed and healthy.
Turf Feeding Systems uses Growth Products, a specialty fertilizer that offers a complete line of highest-quality liquid fertilizers that can be injected through the irrigation system at a price at or below dry fertilizers. Moreover, Turf Feeding Systems’ method means you will save on the labor costs associated with applying dry fertilizers.
Turf Feeding Systems also saves on water costs, since adding organics nutrients to the fertilizer will build a strong root system with deep, dense roots requiring less water to keep healthy.
Turf Feeding Systems are used in park and landscape management, sports turf management, golf course management, architectural landscape design and coastal/inland erosion management around the globe.
Turf Feeding Systems are affordable, an investment that customers claim is recouped within the first year of operation. Call Turf Feeding Systems at 800-728-4504 to discuss these and other advantages that fertigation offers to you. Or visit them on the website at www.turffeeding.com.
For information, contact Michael Chaplinsky at 713-849-9040.