A improvement project comes to an end,
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It’ s Johnsons Sports Seed to the rescue at Reddish Vale Golf Club
s one extensive
A improvement project comes to an end,
another unexpectedly begins at Stockport’ s Reddish Vale Golf Club – and once again, Johnsons Sports Seed is playing a key role in recovery and renovation. For the past few seasons, J Premier Tee has been transforming tees and aprons, bringing big benefits to play and praise for Head Greenkeeper Aaron Watkinson and his team. However, widespread flooding over the New Year period means a major recovery programme is now underway on the fairways – with the tried and tested Johnsons J Fairway ready to come to the rescue!
“ I’ ve worked with Johnson’ s mixtures for many years and know it’ s a range I can rely on” comments Aaron.“ We set about some longoverdue improvements on the tees and aprons by firstly removing some of the tree coverage and identifying the key characteristics we were going to need from our choice of seed – these were wear tolerance, quick recovery, strong colour and an ability to withstand drought stress due to our aging irrigation system.”
Ticking all of the boxes has been a combination of J Premier Tee and J Fairway from the Johnsons Sports Seed range. Featuring 4turf ® tetraploid ryegrass, J Premier Tee is ideal for rapid establishment on high-wear areas and sustainable shade tolerant tees.“ We previously had some tees which were virtually unplayable come
16 GroundskeepingJournal. co. uk | July / August 2025