My name is Scott Ellis and I am currently employed as the Assistant Superintendent at South Suburban Golf Course in Centennial, Colorado. Within this site, you will find posts of current happenings in my career as well as links to previous facilities I have worked. Please feel free to comment. Enjoy!

Friday, May 28, 2010

Going Green

One of my passions in life is sustainability and the pursuit to "go green". I believe it is everybody's responsibility to use nature's resources wisely and responsibly. At SSGC, one way we are doing this is by using an organic fairway fertilizer instead of the classic slow-release inorganic products we have all become accustomed to. The Sanctuary 18-2-6 fairway grade fertilizer has been our product of choice. Not only have we seen the same type of release and longevity characteristics as the inorganics, it is a non-coated , non-encapsulated, homogeneous product, so fracture of the particle by mowers is not a problem. Eventually, after a few seasons of this application we hope to experiment with rate reduction because we have built sustainable soil and no longer need the rates we first started with.

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