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 […]

May 12, 2014 at 3:00 am The first months of 2014 have been a huge challenge, to say the least. It seems that winter never wanted to let go. As spring arrived, our warm-up was the slowest I can ever remember. Golf greens and other fine turfgrass areas in Northern Indiana wanted to green up, […]

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 […]

November 18, 2011 at 8:48 am Category: Product News Transplant Dry: New transplant aid increases water and nutrient uptake while quickly establishing roots Advanced Turf Solutions is excited to introduce FoliarPak Transplant Dry a new transplant aid that combines the power of humic acids, seaweed extracts, viable mycorrhizae and other beneficial microbes. The powerful combination […]

October 10, 2016 at 7:42 am The summer of 2016 has been challenging for turf managers in our region. A common question that I keep getting asked by my colleagues is, “what happened to my turf?” The answer is complex. The weather this growing season has been brutal. The most challenging has been the summer; […]

June 02, 2016 at 9:47 am The hawthorn lace bug is already on the move and causing damage. Just recently, we caught several munching on a serviceberry at our very own corporate headquarters. With the insect already causing damage, this would be a good time to talk more about it and how to treat for […]

February 09, 2016 at 8:41 am Pesticide applicators are under intense pressure to minimize damage and exposure caused by off-target spray drift and spray volatilization. There are several factors that affect a spray droplet throughout the application cycle – while it is in the tank, through the air, and on the target. We can minimize […]

October 02, 2015 at 8:24 am Category: Around the Turf Scene Reflecting on conversations with customers over the past week, I think the topic of grubs came up frequently. Ohio State must have been receiving calls as well since Dr. Shetlar did an OTF Turf Tips video on the topic. So, let’s talk about grubs! […]

November 18, 2011 at 8:50 am Category: Product News Optimizer Green Shade: New pigment spray additive from United Turf Alliance optimizes protection, color, accuracy Optimizer Green Shade is a green pigment spray additive and the latest addition to the line of turf and ornamental products offered by Advanced Turf Solutions, a distributor of United Turf […]

November 30, 2011 at 12:00 am It is crucial to the over all health and vigor of an athletic field playing surface to receive the proper winterization, although depending on the surface you are dealing with the timing may differ.  Football and soccer fields for instance may have play well into November which will have […]

September 10, 2012 at 3:00 am Late summer/early fall is quickly approaching.  Now is the time to overseed athletic fields. Here is a link for overseeding soccer fields from Purdue University.  Focus on pages 11-12.  Overseeding can be accomplished after aerification and before topdressing and dragging of the cores or with an overseeder.  I like […]

April 12, 2012 at 7:26 am Well, since the month of May decided to show up mid-March it has provided us with challenges we have never experienced before in this industry.  It has had us all scrambling right out of the gate. Besides having to deal with a severe broadleaf weed situation 4 weeks earlier […]

July 01, 2013 at 3:00 am That may be the key question if you’re looking for any grass seed before harvest of new crops this fall. Old crop inventories of perennial ryegrass are limited to none this year. Tall fescue old crop inventories may be a little better than perennial ryegrass, but they will go […]

April 07, 2015 at 8:07 am Category: Around the Turf Scene Like most activities, enjoying the success of delivering pond management services involves several key factors: a program with a timing schedule, the ability to deal with factors outside of our control, such as the weather, and a little good luck. Since we cannot control […]

October 01, 2012 at 3:00 am We are all anticipating the arrival of winter so we can finally slow down and recover from a long, difficult growing season.  However, as the days grow shorter it is important to prepare your turfgrass in its natural efforts to harden off prior to another cold winter season.  Plants naturally […]

February 11, 2013 at 8:05 am Nuisance aquatic vegetation and algae are symptoms of high nutrient levels in the pond water and muck.  Muck is composed of nutrient-rich organic materials that accumulate on the pond floor primarily from decaying vegetation that had grown in the pond such as algae or aquatic plants.  Tree leaves, grass […]

Parkview Field is home to the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Class A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. Beyond its brick archways at the gate lies the field with straight baselines shooting out from home plate and carpeted by lush green turf contrasted by the red clay boundaries.

Winter is quickly ending and it’s time to get your sports field ready for play in the spring. Here are 4 quick tips to check-off for spring play.

The most important responsibility of an athletic field manager is to provide the safest and most playable field possible.  One of the tools to help achieve this goal is mechanical rolling.  This can be done on both the infield and outfield areas of the field. The question many ask is, why? With respect to turf […]

Summer decline can be a major problem on putting greens during summer months, affecting both bentgrass and bluegrass.

For decades, we have been topdressing and adding sand through aerification practices to golf greens. These practices, for the most part, have had an excellent impact on the overall playability of putting surfaces. For instance, smooth putting greens can be created from these practices. However, there are a few drawbacks for greens. As excess sand is brought […]

Write down your 30-60-90 day plan, and look at it every day.

November 03, 2014 at 3:00 am The days are getting shorter, the nights longer and the temperatures are falling. Before we know it the ground will be covered with a blanket of white and our lawn care season will be done. If you want healthy turf next spring, a few things should be done to […]

It does not seem possible, however, we are almost at the time of year for preventative snow mold applications. With the weather we had last year, this will be more important than ever this winter. This photo was taken earlier this spring of an untreated fairway. This Northern Indiana golf course had no prior history […]

The calendar has rolled around to fall. Whatever services you provide, you are probably involved in all of them now – fertilization, aeration, seeding, landscape installation, and the list goes on. I hope broadleaf weed control is also on your list this fall, particularly addressing perennial broadleaf weeds and winter annuals. There is no better […]

A good enemy knows when best to attack.  It seems that while we were all enjoying a fun-filled Labor Day weekend, one of our turf enemies took advantage that our guards were let down.  Armyworms abound in Tennessee, affecting turfgrass varieties ranging from hybrid bermuda to tall fescue.  Our Nashville sales team has fielded numerous […]

For lawn care companies, this is quite honestly one of the most labor intensive but very important revenue-producing times of the year.