Success StoryEfficient Fertilizer Blending



Efficient Fertilizer Blending

Author: Travis Shaddox

Planning Unit: Plant and Soil Sciences

Major Program: Commercial Horticulture - Landscape Ecosystems

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

A superintendent at a Kentucky golf course attended my workshop at the golf course industry show. He learned how to properly blend his granular fertilizer and emailed me stating that he estimated his annual savings to be >$3,000 without any noticeable reduction in turfgrass quality.






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