Blue Greens…or Green Blues?

 

If you were one of the lucky ones able to play golf today, you might have noticed a blue-ish color to the greens.  We added a pigment to the spray tank and I thought you might like to know why.  The blue-green pigment aids the turf in a few different ways.  It blocks harmful UV rays from the sun similar to the way sunscreen does for a human’s skin.  In turn, the grass plants can take in more of the “good light” from the sun increasing photosynthesis and nutrient or chemical uptake.  Studies have also shown that grass plants are able to cool their temperatures under these applications.  I think of it as a type of  umbrella.  A side benefit is that you can see where you have sprayed without the use of foam marker, which can burn the grass during warm weather conditions.