February 17, 2016 at 3:24 pm What do you really know about the nutrients in your spray tank? Do you know where your liquid fertilizers are made and if other chemicals are made in the same facility? Is there a risk for contamination? Have you ever asked your sales rep any of these questions? We […]

September 23, 2015 at 3:35 pm Category: Around the Turf Scene  Let’s all get our crystal balls out and determine what kind of winter we will have this season. Really, all we can do is listen to the predictions and then plan on an average year. This season is still seeing a slight hangover of […]

February 12, 2015 at 3:53 pm Category: Product News THERE ARE TWO AREAS THAT REQUIRE SPRING TUNE-UPS… Pitchers mounds and batter’s box preparation are key in the spring. No baseball field is complete without properly installed batter’s boxes and pitcher’s mound. These areas should be reinforced to handle the constant high impact activity associated with […]

November 07, 2016 at 2:53 pm Earlier this year, I had a request for a fertilizer that blew me away. A man up in New England was looking for a lower cost product, which could combine a lime product with fertilizer, so that he could kill two birds with one stone (billing two services in […]

Mosquitoes can ruin a beautiful summer evening for us and even for our pets. While mosquitoes cannot be effectively controlled 100%, following the 3 steps below will help take back the night.

February 15, 2016 at 10:28 am Are you ready for spring yet?  Even if there is still snow on the ground, it’s a great time to look ahead to what products you will need to provide great ornamental services to your customers and their landscapes. ATS is here to make sure you are ready to […]

In the northern regions of the country, we are always getting ready for some season. Whether it is putting patio furniture away or getting our cars checked out for winter, we have to prepare for the upcoming season. Your athletic field is no different. We need to prepare the field to handle the harsh conditions […]

January 03, 2012 at 1:40 pm Category: Product News In the summer of 2011 Rutgers University tested ArmorTech ALT 70 against the industry leading pythium pesticides. It’s clear in their research ArmorTech ALT 70 ranked the highest for overall turf quality and showed the least amount of disease occurrence. All ArmorTech products are 100% guaranteed by the UTA and their […]

January 12, 2012 at 11:56 am ATS Winter Education Series For many turf enthusiasts, the long winter months are a good time to expand your knowledge of turf management. To assist you with this pursuit, Advanced Turf Solutions would like to invite each of you to our Winter Education Series. This two part series will […]

June 01, 2015 at 8:34 am Category: Around the Turf Scene  Yes, I know weeds do not actually have faces. But these pests are the single biggest reason lawn care companies lose customers and need to be killed. They are also the reason why a lot of us have jobs (Thanks, Mr. Dandelion). You spoke […]

March 11, 2012 at 2:47 pm We are all aware that cost per acre of turf products can range from a few dollars to several hundred dollars per acre. The last contact we have with these products are our spray nozzles. With that thought we would be well served to review and select the appropriate […]

February 02, 2015 at 7:58 am Category: Around the Turf Scene Controlling weeds on dormant bermudagrass and zoysiagrass is a popular practice during the winter months. Many superintendents and athletic field managers choose to use glyphosate to control annual bluegrass and broadleaf weeds on dormant turf. Although very cost effective, timing is critical and it […]

May 04, 2015 at 2:54 pm An extreme winter left many with less than desirable conditions heading into the spring and led to recovery efforts, which put an early season emphasis on plant health. Continuing these recovery efforts into the growing season cannot be overstated. Weather and traffic stresses will be here soon and turf […]

July 16, 2012 at 7:34 am The Good I will start with the Good but please keep reading because the Ugly may save you money next year.  The cost of Urea is down along with DAP and Potassium Sulfate from last year at this time. Mid Corn Belt, Great Lakes July 2nd, 2012 July 2nd, […]

January 06, 2013 at 12:36 pm As winter sets in, we have had a little snow and ice activity; just enough to get Advanced Turf warmed up for the season.  We are prepared for what may be up the pike. Check your inventories and make sure you have enough material to get you through.  We […]

March 10, 2014 at 3:00 am As a turf manager the slowest time of the year seems to be winter, and this winter started early and has drug out way too long. I can remember just two years ago when we were mowing grass and playing golf in March; 2014 is different story. Years like […]

July 28, 2016 at 2:21 pm Our newest Employee Spotlight features two great employees from our Louisville, Kentucky location. Let’s get to know Braxton Miller and Brad Nevitt. Braxton Miller Louisville, KY Warehouse Manager Employee Since 2013 Braxton’s interest in the turf industry began by helping his father with lawn care each summer growing up. […]

September 26, 2016 at 9:55 am The landscapes have been through one tough weather season. We had an excess amount of rain, coupled with hot and humid days. The plant material has taken a beating. Most of all, the root systems of said plant material have taken the brunt of the beating! We have all […]

November 03, 2011 at 11:01 am Category: Advanced Turf’s Solutions It was August 1994. Steve Mattingly was attending his first Indiana State Lawn Care Association Field Day. Little did he know then how much his business would grow in the next seventeen years. Steve and his brothers began mowing lawns when they were in school. […]

January 27, 2016 at 10:11 pm Eric O’Hare and James Beever may be new to Advanced Turf Solutions, but they are not new to the turf industry. With ties going to back to their playing days as youths (Eric in golf and James in baseball), both have an understanding of how important turf is to […]

September 22, 2015 at 11:37 am Category: Around the Turf Scene  There have been many weather related challenges along the way so far this year. Our May and June rains would have made Noah wish he had a bigger boat. This was followed by a fairly significant drought in most of our geographies. Needless to […]

January 20, 2015 at 1:39 pm Category: Product News Meet the star of the new Foliar-Pak product, MKS Turbo. Armament technology protects nutrients from interactions, antagonisms, and tie up in tank mixes and soil solutions, which greatly increases the availability and uptake of potassium, magnesium and sulfur into the plant. </div>

October 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm Sugar Creek Orchard started out on, as owner Gary Bassett relates, “little fields of corn and soybeans that were too small for big farm equipment to turn around in.” Five years later, the Sugar Creek Orchard owners have “dug 1,000 holes and planted 1,000 trees,” which have grown into […]

June 13, 2016 at 2:43 pm For controlling Dollar Spot, Anthracnose, Brown Patch, and Pythium, elect the ArmorTech Brands that can provide exceptional control while using the active ingredients that are proven while providing value within your budgets. Download the flyer here. 

February 09, 2016 at 9:45 am Spring is around the corner and pretty soon the grass and landscapes will be greening up. Prepay letters are going out and plans are being made for which products to use and when for the upcoming season. We will spend a lot of time talking about the benefits of […]

Even though we are still actively mowing and frost has not yet been a factor, it won’t be long before we will be itching to get back outside in weather that is 44 degrees, breezy, and feels like a heat wave. Winter is definitely around the corner. Before that happens, let’s make sure we do a […]

November 18, 2011 at 8:52 am Category: Product News ArmorTech line provides tebuconazole fungicide to the golf and ornamental markets Advanced Turf Solutions is proud to announce the introduction of ArmorTech TEB 360, a foliar fungicide containing the active ingredient tebuconazole, to its chemical line up. Traditionally used in the agricultural market, the United Turf […]

January 08, 2012 at 11:59 pm Winter is the time for annual equipment maintenance and replacing bed knives on reel mowers is an important part of this process.  Advanced Turf Solutions is proud to now be an authorized dealer for JRM, American manufactured, bed knives.  In late 2002, JRM began research and development to engineer […]

July 22, 2013 at 3:00 am. Three or four weeks ago you were probably thinking, “It looks like crabgrass may not be so bad this season.” Lawns looked good; everyone was happy. Add ten inches of rain, some oppressive heat, and an unfortunate mowing choice or two by well-meaning homeowners, and now you are humbled […]

April 09, 2012 at 7:18 am GDD models can be a great tool for forecasting plant protectant applications critical to landscape management. If you do a search on the Internet for GDD Tracker you will find the site that many universities contribute information and models for. Some of the areas covered are Seed Head Timing, […]

August 18, 2014 at 3:00 am What a summer! We have seen record-setting cold summer temperatures across the Midwest. It was the coldest summer in Lexington, KY since 1911. With the cool night temperatures and low humidity, cool season grasses have seen little or no summer decline or stress for the most part, and cool […]

April 15, 2015 at 11:41 am Category: Around the Turf Scene  Spring is a fun, exciting, and busy time for ATS and no one knows that better than the employees in operations. They work very hard to achieve customer satisfaction by getting orders ready and out to our customers. Let’s get to know two operations […]

June 25, 2012 at 3:00 am Rain outs cost sports organizations thousands of dollars every year.  With so many drying agents on the market today, which ones do you use and which ones should you avoid?  There are several different types of soil conditioners and dying agents. Vitrified Clay drying agents also known as expanded […]

February 18, 2013 at 3:00 am Spring golf is not far off in the Midwest.  With every spring comes a flush of seedheads where poa annua is present.  A well-timed plant growth regulator application each spring will reduce poa annua seedhead emergence, improve course appearance, and reduce mowing frequency. One practice to reduce discoloration and […]

March 03, 2014 at 3:00 am Deep underneath the seemingly perpetual blanket of snow, they lie and wait. These invaders are poised to make another run at a hostile takeover of your properties. Weeds in our landscape beds are relentless unwelcomed guests to us all, even in Washington and Colorado where they have shown to […]

July 25, 2016 at 3:11 pm Category: Around the Turf Scene Now that the “dog days” of summer are under way and the Major League Baseball All-Star game is behind us, Advanced Turf offers an all-star lineup of summer products to improve turf for the summer stresses to come. The combination of heat, humidity and rain […]

September 23, 2016 at 2:36 pm As summer hangs on, you can certainly feel the change of season. The longer shadows and cooler nights get us thinking about what’s ahead. This never gets old (easy for a former superintendent to say). On the sales end, education events and trade shows are transitioned into getting products […]

November 03, 2011 at 11:00 am Category: Advanced Turf’s Solutions Summer 2010 in Central Indiana was brutal. It was the fourth hottest summer on record followed by a late summer through early fall drought. For Hickory Stick Golf Course, a public course just south of Indianapolis, the drought caused devastating damage to their turf. Matt […]

January 26, 2016 at 9:51 pm At our annual sales meeting earlier this month, we had the pleasure of hearing Jerad Minnick speak to us about the importance of thinking “outside the box” when it comes to maintaining our natural grass sports fields. Jerad is a well-respected consultant to the sports turf industry and an […]

September 17, 2015 at 1:13 pm Follow these 3 tips to take full advantage of early order programs (EOPs) this fall. 1.  Order Early This may seem obvious, order early to take advantage of early order programs, but many programs offer deeper discounts and better incentives earlier in the EOP season. For example, most manufacturer […]