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REDEXIM MULTI-SEEDER
DELIVERS SEED AND SIGNIFICANT TIME-SAVINGS FOR EYEMOUTH GC
Head Greenkeeper at Eyemouth Golf Club Keith Burgon has praised the Redexim Multi-Seeder for transforming overseeding operations at the Scottish club . Where previously , overseeding the 18 greens would have taken the team of three more than a day to complete , with the Multi-Seeder the task takes just a matter of hours – not just resulting in major labour savings but improvements in germination too !
Eyemouth GC is a clifftop / links course perched on the top of Gunsgreen Hill in the Scottish Borders . Their exposed coastal location means that when it comes to seed , it ’ s salt-tolerant Fescues required for the greens - however without a seeder at their disposal , overseeding was limited by resources to an annual operation . “ We would aerate , then broadcast the seed with a spreader , then have to manually brush the seed in and topdress which was all hugely time consuming ” explains Keith , who has been at the club for seven years .
“ I have used the Multi-Seeder before and have seen first-hand the fantastic results it achieves at other clubs . After speaking to Ian Lauder from Redexim , we had one in on demo from our local dealer Hendersons , so that we could check it would suit our course conditions . We had the opportunity to try it on a couple of our greens and tees , and the whole team were immediately impressed by the minimal disruption it left and the great germination that followed .”
Since taking delivery of the 1.2m wide Multi-Seeder 1200 in September 2021 , it has already helped to deliver important fescues into some of the courses most exposed greens . “ The twin sarel roller set-up is creating double the holes , so double the opportunity for getting seed into the ground . This undoubtedly helped us to see good germination , despite us not getting out with it until late November . The fact it is equipped with two brushes also means that an additional member of staff isn ’ t required to follow the Multi-Seeder round . What was previously a three-man job , is now complete in one pass .”
Keith adds , “ With the growth in golf , it ’ s more important than ever to be able to get jobs such as overseeding done as quickly and effectively as possible . Now that we have the Multi-Seeder , not only can we overseed more frequently throughout the year to boost course condition , the clean finish means we can complete the operation prior to play commencing , and the golfers will barely notice anything has been done !”
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