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FROM THE ROUGH
In a world of budget cuts, water
rationing and depleting resources
everyone is looking for ways
to conserve. Many golf course
superintendents are now expected
to maintain the same quality with
fewer crew members and less
than half of the budget they have
had in previous years. If that
weren't bad enough, recent years
have added increased drought
prevalence, rising irrigation costs
and a diminishing water supply to
the equation, making it far more
difficult for sports turf managers to
maintain healthy turf.
Fortunately, mounting water
management concerns have been
countered by the development of
technologies aimed at providing
solutions for conservation
without sacrificing quality. One
such technology, Hydretain,
offers liquid or granular options
designed to reduce overall
watering requirements; aiming to
both reduce watering costs and
protect plants from drought stress
in between periods of rainfall or
irrigation.
Once applied, Hydretain forms a
thin film around plant root hairs.
This film, consisting of hygroscopic
and humectant compounds,
PROTECTING PLANTS FROM
Convert subsurfaCe humiDity
into plant usable water Droplets
DROUGHT STRESS
