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Richard Choi
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Better start finding an alternative to Atrazine...
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August 23, 2009, 10:45:25 AM »
...because after this article, its days are numbered.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/us/23water.html?hp
How popular is this weed killer among golf courses?
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Jeff_Brauer
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Re: Better start finding an alternative to Atrazine...
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August 23, 2009, 10:50:00 AM »
I saw that article and wondered why they listed golf courses. In my experience, the only time Atrazine is mentioned in golf course use is to test former agricultural sites for it, because it will kill turf.
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Don_Mahaffey
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Re: Better start finding an alternative to Atrazine...
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August 23, 2009, 11:35:15 AM »
Richard,
Supts have been finding alternatives to Atrazine for about 2 decades.
How popular is it? it's not.
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Greg Chambers
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Re: Better start finding an alternative to Atrazine...
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August 23, 2009, 11:56:45 AM »
Never used it nor seen it used in my 16 years in the industry.
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"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.”
Garland Bayley
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Re: Better start finding an alternative to Atrazine...
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August 24, 2009, 02:29:18 AM »
Richard,
If you would start a thread on the brush tee, it would last longer than this.
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"I enjoy a course where the challenges are contained WITHIN it, and recovery is part of the game not a course where the challenge is to stay ON it." Jeff Warne
Matt Day
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Re: Better start finding an alternative to Atrazine...
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August 24, 2009, 03:03:38 AM »
Atrazine was used in oz for control of a weed known as Parramatta Grass (Sporobulus indicus) that has taken over many roughs. Its clumpy nature made it an unwelcome beast and hard to control in Kikuyu or Bermuda.
It was banned about five years ago due to concerns about movement through the soil profile into water bodies. We are now trialling in conjunction with the national registraion body (APVMA) a product called Flupropanate that's slow acting (5-6 months) but only causes minor leaf damage to the Kikuyu or Bermuda. First application last year had an 80% kill rate.
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