SportsTurf provides current, practical and technical content on issues relevant to sports turf managers, including facilities managers. Most readers are athletic field managers from the professional level through parks and recreation, universities.
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Parker Estate Master commercial sweeper Parker offers the Estate Master, a towable lawn sweeper which is formed by hitching three Parker Suburbanite lawn sweepers together. With a 100-inch sweeping width, the Estate Master is capable of picking up grass, leaves, twigs and debris from a large turf area. Easily towed by a front engine turf and garden tractor, zero-turn riding mower or an ATV with a rear hitch hole, it leaves a noticeable, more groomed field. The Estate Master has eight polypropylene, steel-backed brushes in four staggered rows and provides variable height adjustment in- dependent of the frame which provides excellent performance for various situations. Each unit has a front face plate with a variable vertical adjustment to help control how debris is deflected into the basket. Ariens Company Cub Cadet leaf blower & chipper/shredder/vacuum The Cub Cadet leaf blower offers the following advantages: Jet sweep clears yards faster, easier and quieter; cre- ates fewer decibels of noise; gives up to 150 mph wind speed; provides 15 degree up/down air directional pitch control; features 8" lockable/pivoting, solid rubber, front caster wheel. The Cub Cadet chipper shredder vacuum offers: 3-in-1, multi-purpose unit quickly vacuums debris and efficiently chips twigs and branches and shreds leaves; 1.5" chipping capacity; 7' on-board vacuum hose for getting into tight spaces; lockable 2-bushel, felt- lined collection bag stays in place. Cub Cadet Commercial Gravely ProVac 1060 Gravely offers the robust ProVac 1060 featuring a large 3.5-cubic-yard (2.7-cubic-meter) hopper capacity for large leaf collection jobs. In addition, the 60-inch adjustable intake scoop allows the operator to pick up pine cones, trash, leaves and more. Debris can be removed from turf or cement. An optional hand vac unit provides an extra 10 feet of reach to vacuum leaves from under shrubs, along a fence line or between stadium bleachers. The unit features an 18hp Kohler® Command Pro engine and a 12-volt electric start. Built for durability, the Gravely ProVac has an all-welded, rectangular structural frame. Gravely Cutting Edge Grass Seed The new Cutting Edge Grass Seed allows everyone to grow an award-winning lawn with little maintenance re- quired. The revolutionary low maintenance grass seed blend of beautiful Kentucky bluegrass and other top rated seed cultivars can establish a deep root system up to 48 inches, resulting in a durable, drought-tolerant, disease and insect resistant lawn. Each of the 8 cultivars is top-rated by the National Turf Evaluation Program. It will grow to a dwarf height, requiring mowing 2-4 times per year to maintain a manicured look. It is the perfect solution for areas with water bans or those areas that are beginning to prohibit herbicides.Sustainable Low Maintenance Grass, LLC Next generation Enkamat R45 Building on the legacy of Enkamat, the industry's original turf reinforcement mat, Profile Products introduces the most complete High Performance-Turf Reinforcement Mat (HP-TRM) in the industry, Enkamat R45 HP-TRM. Enkamat R45 delivers maximum soil and root reinforcement at low elongations (it will not stretch) due to its high-strength, high-modulus geogrid that acts as an additional tensile element. This, along with the matrix's 95% open space, leads to faster vegetation establishment and maximum root entanglement. Its three-dimen- sional matrix acts as a reinforced grip layer that allows vegetation to withstand periodic light vehicular traffic as well as mowing and maintenance operations on slopes. Produced in partnership with Colbond Geosynthetics. Profile Products Growth Products introduces BioNutrients Growth Products' newly released BioNutrients 8-0-9 is a 100% organic biostimulant and soil conditioner. De- signed for sports turf, the product is a dry concentrate packaged in easy-to-use 8 ounce packs. Fully soluble in water, it is a "no mess, no measure" way to build turf and soil health. BioNutrients can be used in a wide variety of turf applications to revitalize soils and neutralize soil salts, to promote faster rooting and deeper turf roots, and to improve turf color and make turf better able to withstand environmental and disease stresses. These im- provements derive from the dry soluble's high concentration of natural L-amino acids, humic acids, kelp ex- tracts, and other carbon-rich molecules that sustain the powerful microbial growth unleashed by BioNutrients' proprietary mix of wild yeast and four species of beneficial rhizosphere bacillus. Growth Products www.stma.org SportsTurf 35