6 YEAR SWARD CONVERSION PROGRAMME AT
SHERINGHAM GC ON TRACK THANKS
TO REDEXIM SEEDERS
Norfolk’s Sheringham Golf Club putting out. For fairways, we chose the
has called on a duo of seeders from larger Redexim Overseeder 1275.”
Charterhouse Turf Machinery to help The current regime involves a double
their aim of achieving ‘continuous pass on the greens, in August and
development’. With advice from October. “The Verti-Seed is a really
course consultant Gordon Irvine, the simple machine to set-up and leaves a
club has undergone a transformation nice smooth finish, which is key for the
in recent years, one of the biggest work on the greens. Because the seed
changes is the push towards is delivered straight down into the soil
increasing Fescue cultivars into the profile, we’ve been achieving fantastic
greens and fairways. uptake, even in the drier conditions.
will ultimately reduce our reliance on
feeds and water, which will be positive
for us. The Redexim machines are
vital in achieving that outcome and
to date, they’ve been producing the
results we’ve been looking and hoping
for.”
Following the work, the surfaces look
Head Greenkeeper, David Childs, great again in as little as a week which,
has been at Sheringham for 23 as September is a very busy time for
years and is supported by a team us, is important.” Two passes are also
of 6 greenkeepers. “Our sward conducted with the Overseeder on
conversion programme has been in the fairways, however, this tends to
place for three full seasons and was be later in the calendar, to capitalise
kickstarted alongside investment on the increased moisture content
in new machinery” he explains. “We therefore helping to maximise uptake.
went for the Redexim Verti-Seed 804
for the greens as we were impressed
with the gear system which meant we
could easily and accurately control
the amount of seed the machine was
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“We estimate it’s going to be another
three years or so on the current
programme before we will then
reassess. Increasing the fescue content
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