Golf News for Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | Products

Green-Speed Si from Growth Products offers to improve greens

Green-Speed Si from Growth Products offers a multi-pronged approach to giving golf course managers a faster ball roll on their greens. Not simply a silica product, it is a proprietary liquid formula that combines silica, potassium phosphite, and humic acid to give both a faster ball roll and healthier turf.

The silica hardens grass blades by strengthening cell walls, which allows for a better cut during, a quicker ball roll, and reduced ball marks. The silica also protects turf during times of stress and high transpiration by reducing water loss.

The company says the potassium phosphite and humic acid promote turf health and increase the turf’s resistance to disease and pests. Both are extremely mobile in the plant tissue, and they hasten uptake of silica and other nutrients into the leaf blade.

Contact http://www.growthproducts.com.