What impressed Richard Murray about Vermi ~ T?
“I previously applied a seaweed product twice a month but last year I substituted Vermi ~ T for one of these applications each month to greens and tees.” The first thing Richard noticed was that there was no flush followed by “a thickening of the sward, really good colour and really good root growth”. Richard’s philosophy about using natural products wherever possible is based on the principle that natural products help to develop a good rootzone; as he says “if the roots are growing well, the sward will recover quicker due to pressures on a golf course. Assessing individual greens on the trial course after Vermi ~ T was used to replace one of the seaweed treatments per month through the summer and autumn, 80% showed thicker swards and showed substantial improvement. Richard was delighted to find that on every type of green there were positive results, for instance on the full loam green the sward was noticeable thicker and on the pure sand green there was “good coverage” this green al