Today I have conducted few experiments about Iron Maid and Knife plus in Zhejiang Shaoxing Jian Lake Golf Club
The results are satisfied our expectations.
Firstly, I will make a brief description about the course and some important datas of the test.
Course name：Zhejiang Shaoxing Jian Lake Golf Club
Grass type: A4 Bentgrass
Test area: 4*100m2 on Green Each section has a interval of 1 meter apart
There are 4 experiments that have been conducted:
Iron Maid（10L/ha, 20L/ha）& Knife (5L/ha, 10L/ha) are sprayed with high and low rate.
Application rate: 400L/ha Spray nozzle: 04
Test equipment： pushing trolley self-made by the course
Outdoor temperature: 30℃ Relative humidity: 90%
Test condition: After a quick rain, the green is relatively wet, during the tests there is light rain and the rain is stoped for 5 hours after final application. The weather partly sunny and cloudy. The heavy rain hit the test ground around 6pm.
The following are the comparison photos:
1. The green prior the test. The color was uniform and no obvious color difference. (Close shot)
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2.The green proir . The color was uniform and no obvious color difference. (long range shot)
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3. The test was still carring on, the photo is taken 20 minutes after first application of the number 1 test area(the rightest one), and there is obvious color difference.
3. The test is still carring on, the photo is taken 20 minutes after sprayed the first area(the lower part of the photo), and there is obvious color difference. But there is no obvious color difference in the upper part.
4. The photo is taken 1.5 hour after finish spraying these 4 areas.
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5. The photo is taken 1.5 hour after finish spraying these 4 areas.
6. The photo is taken 4 hour after finish spraying these 4 areas.
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Conclusion: Iron maid & Knife can be quickly absorbed by A4 grass and greening effect is abvious. As the course keeps apply iron fertilizer, we thought there would no obvious greening effect, but the test result is good and out of our expectation. This test also proves spraying Floratine products with low rate water is effective and safe. As long as the clients know how to use our products correctly. We will come to the course for technical support if needed. As there will be typhoon tonight(August 21th) and locally heavy rain will come. So we will come back to the course tomorrow to check the effect.
Please contact me if there is any question, we will update the result in August 22th after the heavy rain.
Update in August 22th!!!!
Last night, because of the typhoon, there is heavy rain in course area. This photo is taken in the morning of August 22th 9:30. There is obvious color difference between the fertilized area & unfertilized area. It proves the iron fertilizer has been completely absorbed by the grass despite of weather condition.
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