Increasing Bent Grass Populations

End of the season for 60% of the United States and we have pictures and testimonials from superintendents across the country coming in. We wanted to share some pictures that were forwarded on to us showing the increase in bent populations on a course in Colorado.

The pictures below are the before and after of using the GenNext products all season. The first picture is the actual picture, the second is a picture using a special filter to show turf voids and poa annua plants. The picture is from April 2012, the dark spots are the poa annua and the light spots are turf voids.

This second set of pictures is from October 2012, as you can see the Bent population has increased and no turf voids. This Superintendent told us he had no turf voids after initial applications of GenNext.

Raw Research Data Poa Annua Reduction Spreadsheet

We have been very excited about how the GenNext products designed to grow stronger denser, turf grass have performed in research plots. I have finally figured out google docs so you can link these documents to post. The link below will take you to the raw data from a MIchigan State Study done this past season.

As we have stated in the past our efforts to reduce poa annua have focused on energizing the primary turfgrass to grow through the poa annua. Overall last season in the MSU study the poa annua cover was reduced from 33.61% to 13.33% using the A&B Complete product. The numbers in the research show a moderate declines during the summer months while keeping both bent and poa annua injury to a minimum at the peak playing season. The key statistic to us is the significant reduction in poa annua from September to October which is traditionally a time when poa annua has a "fall bounce back". Click Here for the document