SPRAYERS & SPRAYING
ENHANCED PLANT HEALTH
Significantly reduced levels of disease activity reported in PPT114 trial
After its launch at the tail
A end of 2019, early adopters
of Headland Amenity’s new
Enhanced Plant Health product, PPT114,
are already reaping the rewards. One
such club is Mill Green Golf Club in
Hertfordshire, where Course Manager
Andy Copeland has successfully trialled
PPT114 as part of his EPH tank-mix and
has reported significantly reduced levels
of disease activity.
Andy joined Mill Green in July 2019 but has
been using Headland Amenity products
for much longer. “When I first took charge
of a club 10 years ago, I very much sought
the guidance and advice of those trusted
suppliers around me - one of those being
Headland. Some of those products that
were incorporated into my programmes
back then, still play a major part of my
regime now here at Mill Green – including
C-Complex and the 20/20/30 tank-mix.
We’re not in a position where we can
afford to take too many risks, so when you
find products that give you guaranteed
results, I tend to stick with them.”
Saying that, when new products or
adaptations to mixes become available,
the trust that Andy has in the advice of
his Regional Headland Technical Manager
Peter Blackaby means he’s up for giving
them a try. “When Mantle was introduced
and incorporated with the 20/20/30
mix we trialled that and noticed the
improvements straight away. Following
discussions with Pete at BTME, for
the remainder of the winter we’ve now
doubled the Mantle application rate with
great results. He also showed me the trial
results of the PPT114 formulation back in
October, and I was confident that it would
work well for us.”
PPT114 is a soluble, micronutrient
formulation featuring Manganese, Zinc
and Copper, alongside Harpin Protein
Elicitor. It has been developed to increase
the efficacy of plant-health applications,
helping to minimise Microdochium nivale
infection. Andy combined PPT114 with
his monthly fungicide strategy, followed
up with 20/20/30+Mantle mix two weeks
later. “We first trialled it on our Par 3 on
its own and it was evident just seven days
after the first application that the greens
looked good and clean, so we rolled it
out course-wide. This proactive strategy
gives me better control over the health
of our greens and, compared to other
sites, the results we’re achieving, and
the reduction in levels of disease we’re
seeing, are much better.”
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GroundskeepingJournal.co.uk | Summer 2020