What Superintendents are Saying

"With 1400 members and 80 000 rounds on my 36 holes, I needed a program I could trust. CPR and the Emerald Isle True Foliars were an instant hit with me and my members. The colour and turgidity have never been better!"

Sean Gunn
The Country Club
Woodbridge, Ontario

“I use the Emerald Isle Solutions Stadium program year round in conjunction with quarterly applications of granular feeding. I have found this foliar program helps me greatly over the winter when conditions are particularly harsh (cold temperatures, stadium shade and more brutal play) and for much of this winter the program has been my only feed source for turf nutrition, colour and strength.

The Emerald Isle Solutions Stadium foliar program consists of three weekly applications of CPR, Fairway SeaQuential, and Fairway 30-0-0 (I increase the 30-0-0 when nutrition levels look low). I add to this a game preparation mix of True Foliar MgMn and Si about 3 – 5 days before a game to assist with turf colour and strength.

I like the fact that you can mix fungicides with this range, and I have found this to give me the best natural colour (not the black iron colour you often associate with iron applications). It almost totally stops the incidence of etioliation (we call this Mad Tiller disease) and there are no flushes of growth – just a consistent steady rate – which makes the turf surface look very even. The root growth assists in surface stability and disease control, and when we add the game prep products the turf strength and wear are noticeably improved.”

Mark Perham
Eden Park
Auckland, New Zealand

Nutri•Rational True Foliars

“At Race Brook, we used to suffer from anthracnose, especially on our older push-up greens.  When we switched to the Emerald Isle True Foliar Nutrition program two years ago, the anthracnose pretty much disappeared.  Even though 2005 and 2006 were two of the most stressful years I have seen in more than 20 years in the business, we came through both years with flying colors.  The Emerald Isle program gives us good color and green speed, and the turf is incredibly healthy.  The proof is in the putting.”

John Gallagher
Orange, Connecticut

“At Taboo Resort, we consistently mow at 0.095" during peak season. The Emerald Isle Solutions Emerald Isle True Foliar ® Nutrition program gives a consistent growth rate that is essential in achieving fast green speeds and maintaining true ball roll. The Emerald Isle Solutions products also provide excellent color, aid in maintaining fine leaf texture, and, above all else, a healthy stand of turf.”

Randy S. Twyman
Taboo Resort Golf Course
Gravenhurst, Ontario

"We have been using the Emerald Isle True Foliar ® Nutrition Program for three years with excellent results. It consistently gives us the color that we need. It also produces excellent root growth, even in the poa annua fraction of our greens and even in a tough summer like 2005. 

The True Foliar ® Nutrition Program fits in naturally with what we want to do. We mix it bi-weekly with Primo.   Sometimes we add fungicides to the tank, and I like the convenience of being able to do that.  

In 2005, we used the Program to supply one pound of N per 1,000 ft² out of a total program of 2.5 lbs of N.   We're so pleased with the program results that, in 2006, we intend to increase the True Foliar ® applications to replace one of our granular applications."

Graham Shouldice
Highland Country Club
London, Ontario

"As Superintendents, our job extends beyond the scope of just growing healthy turf. My primary goal is to provide a surface that is tight, firm, true, and rolls consistently throughout the day. For the last two years, the Emerald Isle True Foliar ® Nutrition Program coupled with growth regulation has helped us achieve these goals. The Emerald Isle Solutions program has enabled us to maintain healthy turf while pushing our greens at cutting heights below .100."

Peter Wendt, CGCS
Kinloch Golf Club
Manakin-Sabot, VA

"We were very happy with the results we got from the Emerald Isle Solutions products. It was more than just consistent growth and good color--it was the overall health of our turf that impressed us the most.  

Historically, at Manasquan River, dollar spot disease has been a notorious problem on both greens and fairways. Even though the extreme weather in the summer of 2005 made it a very challenging year for turf management, we had a dramatic reduction in dollar spot. In fact, we didn't have a single problem. The biggest change we made in our cultural program from 2004-2005 was to use the Emerald Isle True Foliar ® (bent-poa) Nutrition program on our greens and Fairway SeaQuential ® on our fairways. We will definitely continue using both programs next year.”

Glenn Miller, CGCS
Manasquan River Golf Club
Brielle, NJ

"To produce consistent greens I depend on Emerald Isle Solutions products as a big part of my foliar spray program for all three courses at Jonathan's Landing Golf Club. They have proven to be the most reliable products, even under the most adverse weather conditions."

Don S. Taylor
Jonathan's Landing Golf Club
Jupiter, Florida

“At Wolf Run, our members demand consistently fast putting speeds--over 10 on a regular basis and at least 11 on tournament days. For twenty years, I have been starving my greens to make that happen. Unfortunately, that often meant spotty density, so we would battle moss and algae. In 2004, I used the Emerald Isle True Foliar bentgrass nutrition program for the first time. We sprayed it every week with Primo and often added a fungicide to the tank-mix. The results were great. We had a super-even release with no flush ever, regardless of the weather, so we had very controlled growth and no increase in clippings. Our density improved dramatically, so moss and algae were no longer problems. The turf color was much better, and it masked the mottling we often see on our old Penncross greens. All of this was achieved without any loss of speed. Before this year, I would not have thought you could have speed and density and color all at the same time, but it is possible with the Emerald Isle nutrition program.”

Joe Kosoglov, CGCS
Wolf Run Golf Club
Zionsville, IN

“I would like to take this opportunity to voice my opinion in regards to Emerald Isle NutriRational True Foliar products (“NR”). In the past, I have been a user of what I believed to be true foliar products and have had very little results from those products. Since I started using the NutriRational program, I have seen great results. I have soil push-up greens with a wide variety of turf. This makes it very difficult to keep the greens from having huge fluctuations of growth and speed after fertilizing. Also, my ball recovery has been excellent with the NR Program. We receive 28-30,000 rounds yearly, so ball marks are a huge issue for me.

By using NR as a supplement to my fertility program, I am able to keep my green speeds consistent without starving my turf. I have never seen my greens look and roll as well as they do now.

I have recommended NutriRational True Foliars to many of my fellow Superintendents in the area, and I have never had a bad response to this program. As a matter of fact, everyone I have suggested it to has been very happy.

My hats off to Emerald Isle. I will continue to use this program for many years to come.”

Scott Speiden
Itasca Country Club
Itasca, Illinois

“The Emerald Isle True Foliar nutrition program (CPR, N, K, Si, and MgMn) was the foundation of our fertility for our Tifdwarf greens throughout the growing season (March-October). It gave us immediate improvement in color and quality, without a lot of growth, and that improvement lasted until the next application 10-14 days later.”

Jay Stine
Canyon Creek Country Club
Richardson, Texas

True Foliar MgMn

“The biggest response I have seen is from True Foliar MgMn. Before tournaments, I would apply 5 oz per 1,000 ft 2 , and the color was fantastic. I really love that product.”

Andrew Morrisette
Woodhaven Country Club
Fort Worth, Texas

True Foliar N

“We used True Foliar N 19-1-6 in early March when it was still pretty cold, and we were really pleased with the results. We got a great color response that was visible in less than 24 hours.”

JL Griffith
The Signature at West Neck
Virginia Beach, Virginia

“We had an early warm-up in April when it was still pretty cold at night. I used the True Foliar N 19-1-6 to get a green-up going into the weekend, and it really worked well — the color lasted about 18 days.”

Dave D’Andrea
Riverside Golf Course
Portland, Maine

True Foliar NPK Phos

“We sprayed Emerald Isle TRUE FOLIAR NPK Phosphite every 28 days on our closely-mowed (.325") fairways from mid-April through September.   Our fairways were very disease-resistant, and I noticed that the turf was visibly more upright, playable, and wear-tolerant.”

Robert Carey
Spring Brook Country Club
Morristown, New Jersey

CPR

“Basal rot anthracnose hit Towers in the spring of 2005.  In past years, I had used some of the Emerald Isle products. I liked the results – especially from the CPR – so I tried Emerald Isle's anthracnose program. Our recovery from the anthracnose problem was pretty impressive, and we had no reoccurrences. We stayed on the EI program for the rest of 2005 season. The response and control I got from this program was ideal for us.

I'm pretty big fan of spoon-feeding during the golf season, the Emerald Isle program was a great fit for us.”

Eric O'Neill
Towers Country Club
Floral Park, NY

"We spray CPR every two weeks throughout the winter on our L-93 greens. Even though daytime highs are only in the low-mid 50's, we get a tremendous color response. I'm really happy with the health of my turf, and I love the convenience of being able to mix CPR with my fungicides."

Rush Pribble
The Retreat Golf Club
Cleburne, Texas

CPR - Nutri•Rational True Foliars

"Why do we use Emerald Isle products? The answer is simple...control, performance, and predictability. This business is full of uncontrollable variables, so when I find a product that consistently delivers what it promises, I stick with it. The 2005 season was brutal, but we got through it in pretty good shape. CPR ® and the True Foliar ® fertilizers worked great for me in the past, and they played a key role in our success this year."

Lou Quick, CGCS
Anglebrook Golf Club
Lincolndale, NY

"We renovated our greens with Champion bermudagrass this past summer (2005) here at Falcon Point. As soon as possible, I started applying CPR ® and Emerald Isle True Foliar ® fertilizers to the new turf.   The visual response and the plant health I achieved with the Emerald Isle products were just what I expected.    And recent tissue analysis supported what I was seeing--my turfgrass had just the right mix and balance of nutrients at ideal concentration levels. How good is that?"

Sean Wilson, CGCS
The Club at Falcon Point
Katy, Texas

“We have been using the CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program (CPR, N, K, Ca, MgMn) for three years at Preston Trail with our regular fungicide (ProStar, Heritage) applications. We don’t use growth regulators, so we need a program that will give us good color and quality with controlled growth to maintain speeds of 10-12.” The Emerald Isle Nutrition Program has given us excellent results.”

Alan Houdek
Preston Trail Golf Club
Dallas, Texas

“Since I started using CPR, I have seen a lot of improvement in our root structure and development, even through the rainy season. We get very good results with CPR.”

Jack Hester
The Yacht and Country Club
Stuart, Florida

“I spray the Emerald Isle CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program weekly and rely on it for all my nutrition needs. It’s the foundation of my cultural program that also includes heavy rates of Primo, regular topdressing and frequent quad-tine aerification. I haven’t used granular fertilizers in three years, and with the Emerald Isle Program, I haven’t had a single patch disease in that period, in spite of experiencing 50,000 rounds on bentgrass greens in Dallas.”

Mike Shanks
Castle Hills Golf Club
Dallas, Texas

“We have been using the Emerald Isle technology here at Rancho Sante Fe Golf Club for five years. Their CPR, and True Foliar N, P, K, and Si have shown proven results over a long list of other products on the market. The other chemistries we have tried delivered inconsistent results; none of them could establish themselves here as our “go-to” program. With the Emerald Isle Solutions program, our greens have terrific density, vigor, color, and performance that only the CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program was able to deliver week in and week out.”

Tim Barrier
Rancho Sante Fe Golf Club
Rancho Sante Fe, California

“I am very happy with the CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program. We mixed it with Primo — so I appreciated the ease of application — and it gave us great color, controlled growth, and better root production. The Program was more expensive than the granulars we had used in the past, but I thought — and the Board agreed — that the results were so impressive, it was worth the investment.”

Paul White
The Briars Golf Club
Jackson’s Point, Ontario

“I believe that CPR combined with True Foliar N, K, and Si, at suggested label rates, applied every 14 days, enables me to achieve excellent plant health and world class greens. This is done throughout the entire season and the many different and varied stress periods in Atlantic Canada. I will absolutely continue using this proven Program.”

Peter Lucas
Royal Oaks Golf and Country Club
Moncton, New Brunswick

“I was happy with the condition of my putting surfaces and consistently received compliments from the members and guests. Always looking to improve, I tried the Emerald Isle Solutions CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program on the back nine. The other greens that I had considered 10s became 8s when compared with the Emerald Isle Solutions greens. If greens were women, then the front nine greens you might sneak a peek at if you were with your wife, but the Emerald Isle Solutions greens you would continue to stare at as your wife was slapping you.”

Name withheld from his wife and the PC Police
Certified Golf Course Superintendent
Somewhere in North Carolina

“Here are the things we liked about the CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program: control of timing, nutrient selection, and growth; immediate response from the plant within 3 hours after application; increased root growth (density and length); great stamina — results often lasted 15-16 days; no surges in growth, no lean to lush cycles; consistently great color throughout the whole summer; healthier plants and better quality turf.”

Jerry Shields
Island Springs Golf Club
Richards Landing, Ontario

“We used the Emerald Isle True Foliar Nutrition and seaplant extract products all summer and were very happy with what they gave us — consistency, great color, and controlled growth.”

Phil Landry
Belgrade Lakes Golf Club
Belgrade Lakes, Maine

“The Emerald Isle CPR-True Foliar Nutrition products have proven to be an essential part of our fertilizer program in maintaining healthy and consistent greens to meet our membership expectations.”

Trevor Clapperton
Delwood Golf and Country Club
Port Hope, Ontario

“My greens have never looked better, even though it was such a stressful year.”

Frank Tichenor
Glenwood Country Club
Old Bridge, New Jersey

“I have been using the CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program on my Tifeagle greens since they were put into play in July 2001. The program (CPR, N, K, Ca, Si, MgMn) has given me consistent color and quality and a root depth of 5-8”, even at a mowing height of .100 - .120”.”

Brian Honea
Gentle Creek Country Club
Prosper, Texas

“I have been using CPR and the Emerald Isle True Foliars on my greens for the last several years and have been very happy with the color and quality that I get. This past season I moved to a new golf club that has been battling anthracnose for many years. The club has quite a few low handicap players, and they want “tournament like” conditions all year. My challenge was to give them great conditions and, at the same time, keep them healthy enough to keep the anthracnose under control. My strategy was to institute an aggressive thatch reduction program, manage the water properly, utilize a consistent preventative fungicide program, and use the CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program to try to increase root mass and keep a consistent nutrient level in the plant to keep them as healthy as possible. I am happy to say that the greens came through the summer in great condition with no sign of anthracnose. I plan on using the same management strategies next year and expect to see the same results.”

Steve Rabideau, CGCS
Wheatley Hills Golf Club
East Williston, New York

“To provide a true roll on my greens I have to groom, topdress, and roll often; but when you do that you need a quick recovery. It’s a lot easier to beat up a healthy plant than a sick one. By using CPR and the Emerald Isle True Foliars, I get great color, great recovery, and, best of all, disease suppression.”

Tony Grasso
Metropolis Country Club
White Plains, New York

“At Olympia Fields, we relied on the CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program to prepare our course for the 2003 US Open Championship. Despite the record cold weather this spring, our greens were ready for the world’s greatest golfers and for the stress we imposed on them. We mowed and rolled the greens 13 times in the last 36 hours of the Championship at a cutting height of 0.085” while withholding water. They not only survived that stress, the quality and results were fantastic.”

Dave Ward
Olympia Fields Country Club
Olympia Fields, Illinois

“CPR and the Emerald Isle True Foliars are a cornerstone to my program, and I believe they significantly contribute to the fact that I haven’t had to deal with anthracnose in the three years that I have been using the products.”

Steve Shadle
Berkleigh Country Club
Kutztown, Pennsylvania

“The CPR-True Foliar Nutrition Program has allowed me to get away almost completely from granulars. My tissue tests have shown that all nutrients are in the optimal range, and I have been able to get the controlled growth, consistent speed, and quality I need at low mowing heights.”

Joe Livingston
Rivercrest Country Club
Fort Worth, Texas

Fairway 30-0-0

“Last season, we used a combination of Fairway 30-0-0, SeaQuential, and Primo Maxx every two weeks on our fairways. This combination did a great job of masking any Primo discoloration on our mostly poa fairways. It also gave us the ultimate in control over the consistency of playing conditions. We had no flushes in growth and a very tight, consistent turf quality throughout the season with great color. We also had less disease pressure under this program than in past years. The cost per acre was very similar to a high end granular fertilizer program but with all the benefits listed above, it's definitely a program we'll continue.”  

Cory Janzen
Golf Course Superintendent
Westmount Golf & Country Club

“We used Emerald Isle Solutions's Fairway 30-0-0 whenever we needed a little boost, often tank-mixing it with fungicides. It gave us tremendous color and a little growth, just what we needed to survive stress. Fairway 30-0-0 is really a great value.”

Mike Piper
Pt. Sebago Golf Club
Casco, Maine

PanaSeá/CPR

“I have been using the PanaSeá line of products since the early 1980’s at Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk, Connecticut, and they are my main source of nutrients for my greens today at Crystal Springs. We have 80-year old clay, push-up greens, and the CPR treatments kept them looking good all summer. I also used CPR when we treated the fairways with herbicides in May. I still had excellent color into August, in spite of the foggy weather. These products help many Superintendents in the Bay Area, and they will always be a part of my arsenal.”

Tim Powers, CGCS
Crystal Springs Golf Course
Bulingame, CA

“Emerald Isle products — such as PanaSeá, PanaSeá Plus, and CPR — have been an integral component of my spray program for 20 years. The products have significantly improved the health and stress tolerance of the turf at Ridgeway Country Club, allowing it to successfully withstand severe heat and drought conditions. Emerald Isle products have also helped me in reducing irrigation practices by at least 30 percent.”

Earl Millet
Ridgeway Country Club
White Plains, New York

PanaSeá

“I feel safe using PanaSeá Plus during the most stressful times of the season. It tank mixes well with other products I use and gives me greater and healthier root mass all season — especially during summer stress periods. Accordingly, I am growing better turf during those stress periods.”

Kevin Glover
Owensboro Country Club
Owensboro, Kentucky

“I have been a user of PanaSeá and PanaSeá Plus since the early eighties when the productswere introduced. At that time, we were searching for ways to reduce our need to syringe greens, as our members did not want to see anyone on the course with a hose. After introducing PanaSeá to our program, we were able to virtually eliminate syringing during the summer daytime hours. The increase in our root mass was significant, and it stayed intact throughout the season, even during the high stress periods. This was consistent with the research that had been done on the product.

From the beginning, I was always impressed with the approach taken with the Emerald Isle products. They were never afraid to supply independent researchers with the needed products and funds to produce verifiable results.I have continued to use the Emerald Isle products for the past twenty years and plan to continue their use through the remaining years of my career. The results have been consistent, and their commitment to research has also been consistent.”

Dale Minnick, CGCS
Victoria National Golf Club
Newburgh, Indiana

PanaSeá/Seaquential

“The PanaSeá/SeaQuential combo gives us great color throughout the summer months, and I also feel that it provides increased stress resistance for our bentgrass greens during some of the hot and humid weather we experience in the Ohio Valley.”

Matt Schreiber
Henderson Country Club
Henderson, Kentucky

SeaQuential

“When we ran out of water in August 2002, we sprayed SeaQuential instead — after that, our fairways looked the best they had all year, and they were much more drought tolerant.”

Jim Rusnic
Bear Brook Golf Club
Fredon, New Jersey

“In 2002, we applied 2.34 lbs of N from granulars to our bent-poa fairways. In 2003, we reduced that amount to 1.78 lbs of N, but we applied SeaQuential with Cutless every 3 weeks. The quality of our turf improved dramatically, and our fairways have never looked better. For what SeaQuential costs and the color and biostimulant effect you get, it’s a nobrainer.”

Steve Shadle
Berkleigh Country Club
Kutztown, Pennsylvania

“We spray Fairway SeaQuential at 3 oz/1,000 every three weeks, and the response is incredible--within three hours. The color is really unbelievable. SeaQuential also helps with discoloration from PGRs in the spring and fall, and unlike most iron products, the color really lasts the full three weeks. Our fairways have never looked better.

I use the Emerald Isle nutrition products on my greens, too. The greens respond really well, and we don't get swollen leaf tissue that would create problems with green speed.”

Tony Frandria
Glen View Club
Golf, Illinois

GroWin

“In 2000, we had extensive winterkill, and we needed to push recovery for the members and for the Massachusetts Amateur Qualifier. We aerified the damaged areas in early April with 1/4 inch hollow tines and spread a mixture of 1/2 lb of bentgrass seed with 5 lbs of GroWin per 1,000 sf. We topdressed lightly with sand and repeated the process 3 weeks later. We had good density in 6 weeks and full recovery within 8 weeks.”

Patrick Daly, CGCS
Framingham Country Club
Framingham, Massachusetts

“We late-seeded a bentgrass putting green and tee and incorporated GroWin in the top inch of the greensmix but not the tee. After about 10 days, we had germination only on the green. The density and color of the turf on the green has been very good. I am really impressed with GroWin.”

Tom Wright
Mohonk Golf Club
New Paltz, New York

“By incorporating GroWin into the top of our sand mix, we can have a playable tee in 30-60 days. Without the GroWin, the tees take one month longer to be ready for play.”

Robert Steinman, CGCS
Beekman Country Club
Hopewell, New York

“We use GroWin whenever we enlarge greens back to their original size. After scalping the turf, we double-aerify and topdress with seed, GroWin, and sand. GroWin is a fantastic tool.”

Patrick Daly, CGCS
Framingham Country Club
Framingham, Massachusetts

SeaBlend

“I just wanted to drop you a line regarding our greens program here. Your products are fantastic! We had our two day member guest in July and I must admit we pushed them a bit. Triple cut and rolling 2 times a day at .100 put some stress on them. After the tournament we went out with SeaBlend at a ¼ pound and they bounced right back. They were a little shaggy for a couple of weeks but are now back to normal. Every time we spray our cocktail of Emerald Isle Solutions products I can rest, assured that the greens will respond by the next morning. Again, fantastic stuff and you can quote me on that.”

Frank R. Tichenor
Forest Hill Field Club
Bloomfield, NJ

"I'm a big fan of SeaBlend ®! We use it on greens, both spring and fall, and on our sand-based tees throughout the entire season. The typical rate applied is at 3/4 lb of N per 1000 ft² which gives good green up along with a steady growth. The practice tee receives even more frequent applications to help with divot recovery. I think the additional ingredients within SeaBlend ® are beneficial to the soil environment as well as the turf plant itself. It spreads easily and gives even coverage each time. What I like most about SeaBlend ® is the steady, even response--no flush growth. I have to say SeaBlend ® is the most predictable fertilizer I have ever used."

Bruce Peeples CGCS
Spring Lake Golf Club
Spring Lake, NJ

“The particle size of SeaBlend is great, and we didn’t have any problems with application or mower pick-up. We got fantastic green-up and the longevity of response was just what we expected.”

Tom Leahy
Sleepy Hollow Country Club
Scarborough, New York

“In all the 29 years that I have been at White Pines Golf Course, I have tried all the granular fertilizer there is — slow release and fast release. I have seen all the same type of response to them. The only one that just blew me away was SeaBlend 12-4-5. The color was something I have never seen on my greens, and the growth was just right. I have 36 holes, and I have every type of green there is — from push-up to 100% sand greens. SeaBlend has worked well on all types, and they show the color and growth the way every Superintendent would like”

Steve Partyka
White Pines Golf Course
Bensenville, Illinois

“We used SeaBlend 12-4-5 on our greens, tees, and fairways in November 2001, and we were very happy with the response. We got good color going into the winter, we looked good all spring, and the SeaBlend application carried us successfully until May.”

Fred Reidel
Stanton Ridge Country Club
Whitehouse Station, New Jersey

Thatch-X

"Dramatic difference in color and quality."

"Dramatic results where the thatch layer had been thickest."

"Fewer and less severe localized dry spots."

"It's doing what you said it would do and more."

"Area treated with Thatch-X didn't have Dollar Spot."

"Less springiness in the turf."

"Turf was greener in the summer when you wouldn't expect it"

"Seemed to help with water movement, too."

"Fewer Hyperodes Weevil, and overall healthier turf including less Fairy Ring."

"You could really see the difference, because only half the putting green was treated."

"No Fairy Ring this year... and everyone else has it!"

BacMan

"The change was remarkable."

"I appreciated not having to use an algaecide."

"Easy to use and the frogs didn't mind a bit!"

"We began to apply in late spring, and maintained it through the summer...the pond looked great the whole time."