SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY THAT SUPPORTS YOU. Sports Turf Canada’s seasonal publication Sports Turf Manager is the only publication in Canada devoted to the sports turf industry. This publication is used by industry professionals for best management practices and research-based industry-specific material. Sports Turf Canada Members are: • MuniCipaliTieS • SCHOOlS • COMMuniTY COlleGeS • uniVeRSiTieS • COnTRaCTORS • lanDSCape aRCHiTeCTS • COnSulTanTS • ReSeaRCHeRS • anD ManY, ManY MORe... Sports Turf Manager is available in print and pdf format. it can be found in its entirety online through The Michigan State university T urfgrass information File or TGiF. Sports Turf Manager is the ONLY Canadian publication specific to the sports turf industry. It’s the GO-TO publication for on-going education for Sports Turf Canada members, associates and industry professionals. Without this publication, the sports turf industry would be without a quarterly update on the trends, best practices, resources and products specific to sports turf. Advertisers are a valuable part of this education process. Be a valuable part of the education process for the sports turf industry. 10 Spring 2014 Sports Turf Manager Turfgrass Seed Sources in Ontario Advertising Supplement to the Sports Turf Manager, Spring 2014 Sports Turf Canada strongly recommends to athletic field managers that they use only improved cultivars that have been tested and found superior under local conditions. SPECIES SUPPLIER Direct Solutions (Agrium Advanced Technologies) Graham Turf Seeds Ltd. Lawn Life Master's Turf Supply Ltd. Kentucky bluegrass America Appalachian Armada Blue Velvet Crest Evora Explorer Granite Langara Mercury Quantum Leap Touchdown Touche Award Baron Bluechip Corsair Dauntless Everest Full Moon Impact Jumpstart NuDestiny NuGlade Rugby II Rush Skye SR 2100 SR 2284 Sudden Impact Mallard Monte Carlo Oasis Ridgeline Wildhorse Award Baron Barrister Bedazzled Bonaire Brooklawn Diva Everest Jumpstart Midnight Shamrock Wildhorse Texas/Kentucky bluegrass hybrid Bandera Spitfire Bandera Poa compressa Canon Reubens Reubens Canada Blue Poa supina Supernova Supranova Poa trivialis Colt Racehorse Maximum Sabre III Bartalon Darkhorse Fine fescue: Blue Azay Blue SR 3200 Fine fescue: Chewings Silhouette Victory II Windward J-5 Jamestown IV King James SR 5100 SR 5130 7 Seas Survivor Ambassador Bridgeport II Culumbra II Shadow II Fine fescue: Creeping Red Boreal Garnet Jasper II Mystic SeaLink Audobon Boreal Crossbow SR 5210 SR 5250 Trapeze Lustrous Penn ASC 295 Razor Aberdeen Boreal Miser Seabreeze Fine Fescue: Hard Bornito Spartan II Bighorn GT Ecostar Soil Guard SR 3100 SR 3150 Predator Oxford Reliant IV Reliant V Soil Guard Fine Fescue: Sheeps Azay Marco Polo Quatro Marco Polo Tall fescue Cayenne Crossfire 3 Mustang 4 Darlington Grande II Talladega RK4 Bighorn GT Coronado Gold Fury Lexington Titan Tall fescue: Spreading/ Rhizomatous Blade Runner II Team Blend Speedway Marauder Falcon IV Titan Ultra Perennial ryegrass Arctic Green Cutter II Dasher 3 GLSR Double 4N Edge II Express III Fiesta 3 Mighty Nightsky Quebec Transist 2600 Intermediate TXR Annual Accent Arctic Caddyshack Calypso III Champion Extreme Harrier SR 4220 SR 4420 SR 4500 SR 4600 Top Gun Applaud II IG2 Integra Shining Star Affirmed Charismatic II Dominator Doubletime IQ Manhattan 5 Passport Plateau Trifecta Wind Dance 2 Perennial ryegrass: Creeping/Regenerating Blazer 4 Fiesta 4 GLSR Karma Sideways CSI Allante Natural Knit Baralpha Weeping alkali Fults Salty Fults Salty Fults Contact Information Direct Solutions (Agrium Advanced Technologies) 10 Craig Street Brantford, ON N3R 7J1 Contact: Mark Scenna P:519-770-3157 F:519-757-0800 [email protected] www.aatdirectsolutions.com Graham Turf Seeds Ltd. 1702 Elm Tree Road, RR 1 Lindsay, ON K9V 4R1 P:795.878.8822 F:705.878.1978 [email protected] www.grahamturf.com Lawn Life 935023 Airport Road Mono, ON L9W 6C6 kpavely.lawnlife@ xplornet.ca lawnlifenaturalturfprod- ucts.com Master's Turf Supply Ltd. P.O. Box 629 80 William Street West Harriston, ON N0G 1Z0 P: 519.510.8873 F: 519.510.8875 [email protected] FOR BETTER, SAFER SPORTS TURF. AUTUMN 2015. VOL. 28. NO. 3. Sports Turf Manager Sports Turf Manager 10 MANAGING WATER Sports field drainage – an essential element. 14 SPORTS TURF FIELD DAYS RECAP A great day in Moncton and Hamilton. Inside Features As BMO Field and KIA Training Grounds are prominent facilities in the Canadian sports field industry, I felt it was necessary for me to promote the industry where and when I can. When Rob Witherspoon, Director of the Associate Diploma in Turfgrass Management Program at the University of Guelph called me in my first season at BMO Field and asked if he could bring his class down for a tour, I jumped at the opportunity to host them. The chance for the junior class to see a professional stadium was something that was not available when I was in the turf program. Since then, we have expanded our facilities and in turn the tours, adding the practice facility to the learning experience. I wanted to engage the students and allow them to see there are other jobs in the turfgrass industry outside of the golf sector. I always get a very positive response from the students and I truly think that they enjoy the tours. They get a basic understanding of what is entailed in managing a professional sports stadium and training grounds. As well, they get an understanding that it can be very rewarding, and can be very lucrative. Unfortunately in Canada the number of natural grass stadiums for professional sports is limited, but I see this changing in the future based on the new technologies that are out there for growing grass in difficult situations. A World Outside the Golf Industry Robert Heggie, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment 22 THE WHEN AND HOW OF SPORTS TURF RENOVATION Safe fields are the name of the game! 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SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY THAT SUPPORTS YOU.Sports Turf Canada’s seasonal publication Sports Turf Manager is the only publication in Canada devoted to the sports turf industry.
This publication is used by industry professionals for best management practices and research-based industry-specific material.
Sports Turf Canada Members are:• MuniCipaliTieS• SCHOOlS• COMMuniTY COlleGeS• uniVeRSiTieS• COnTRaCTORS• lanDSCape aRCHiTeCTS• COnSulTanTS• ReSeaRCHeRS• anD ManY, ManY MORe...
Sports Turf Manager is available in print and pdf format. it can be found in its entirety online through The Michigan State university Turfgrass information File or TGiF.
Sports Turf Manager is the ONLY Canadian publication specific to the sports turf industry. It’s the GO-TO publication for on-going education for Sports Turf Canada members, associates and industry professionals.
Without this publication, the sports turf industry would be without a quarterly update on the trends, best practices, resources and products specific to sports turf. Advertisers are a valuable part of this education process.
Be a valuable part of the education process for the sports turf industry.
10 Spring 2014 Sports Turf Manager
Turfgrass Seed Sources in Ontario
Advertising Supplement to the Sports Turf Manager, Spring 2014
Sports Turf Canada strongly recommends to athletic field managers that they use only improved cultivars
that have been tested and found superior under local conditions.
SPECIES
SUPPLIER
Direct Solutions
(Agrium Advanced Technologies)Graham Turf Seeds Ltd. Lawn Life Master's Turf Supply Ltd.
Kentucky bluegrass AmericaAppalachian
ArmadaBlue Velvet
CrestEvoraExplorer
GraniteLangaraMercuryQuantum Leap
Touchdown
Touche
AwardBaronBluechipCorsairDauntlessEverestFull MoonImpactJumpstart
NuDestinyNuGladeRugby IIRushSkyeSR 2100SR 2284Sudden Impact
MallardMonte Carlo
OasisRidgelineWildhorse
AwardBaronBarristerBedazzledBonaireBrooklawn
Diva EverestJumpstartMidnight ShamrockWildhorse
Texas/Kentucky
bluegrass hybridBandera Spitfire
Bandera
Poa compressa Canon Reubens Reubens
Canada Blue
Poa supinaSupernova
Supranova
Poa trivialisColt Racehorse Maximum Sabre III
Bartalon
Darkhorse
Fine fescue: Blue Azay BlueSR 3200
Fine fescue: Chewings SilhouetteVictory II
Windward J-5Jamestown IV
King James
SR 5100SR 5130
7 SeasSurvivor
Ambassador
Bridgeport II
Culumbra II
Shadow II
Fine fescue: Creeping Red BorealGarnetJasper II
MysticSeaLink
AudobonBorealCrossbow
SR 5210SR 5250Trapeze
LustrousPenn ASC 295
Razor
AberdeenBoreal
MiserSeabreeze
Fine Fescue: Hard Bornito Spartan II Bighorn GT
EcostarSoil Guard
SR 3100SR 3150
PredatorOxfordReliant IV
Reliant VSoil Guard
Fine Fescue: Sheeps AzayMarco Polo Quatro
Marco Polo
Tall fescueCayenneCrossfire 3
Mustang 4 DarlingtonGrande II
Talladega RK4Bighorn GT
Coronado Gold
Fury
LexingtonTitan
Tall fescue: Spreading/
Rhizomatous
Blade Runner II Team Blend SpeedwayMarauder
Falcon IV Titan Ultra
Perennial ryegrass Arctic Green
Cutter IIDasher 3 GLSR
Double 4NEdge IIExpress III
Fiesta 3MightyNightskyQuebecTransist 2600
Intermediate
TXR Annual
AccentArcticCaddyshack
Calypso III
ChampionExtreme
HarrierSR 4220SR 4420SR 4500SR 4600Top Gun
Applaud IIIG2IntegraShining Star
AffirmedCharismatic II
Dominator
Doubletime
IQ
Manhattan 5
PassportPlateauTrifectaWind Dance 2
Perennial ryegrass:
Creeping/Regenerating
Blazer 4 Fiesta 4 GLSR
Karma Sideways
CSIAllanteNatural Knit
Baralpha
Weeping alkali FultsSalty Fults
SaltyFults
Contact Information Direct Solutions
(Agrium Advanced Technologies)
10 Craig Street
Brantford, ON N3R 7J1
Contact: Mark Scenna
P:519-770-3157
F:519-757-0800
www.aatdirectsolutions.com
Graham Turf Seeds Ltd.
1702 Elm Tree Road, RR 1
Lindsay, ON K9V 4R1
P:795.878.8822
F:705.878.1978
www.grahamturf.com
Lawn Life935023 Airport Road
Mono, ON L9W 6C6
kpavely.lawnlife@
xplornet.calawnlifenaturalturfprod-
ucts.com
Master's Turf Supply Ltd.
P.O. Box 62980 William Street West
Harriston, ON N0G 1Z0
P: 519.510.8873
F: 519.510.8875
for better, safer sPorts tUrf. aUtUMN 2015. VoL. 28. No. 3.
Sports Turf ManagerSports Turf Manager
10 MANAGING WATER Sports field drainage – an essential element.
14 SPORTS TURF FIELD DAYS RECAP A great day in Moncton and Hamilton.
Inside Features
As BMO Field and KIA Training Grounds are prominent facilities in the Canadian sports field industry, I felt it was necessary for me to promote the industry where and when I can. When Rob Witherspoon, Director of the Associate Diploma in Turfgrass Management Program at the University of Guelph called me in my first season at BMO Field and asked if he could bring his class down for a tour, I jumped at the opportunity to host them. The chance for the junior class to see a professional stadium was something that was not available when I was in the turf program. Since then, we have expanded our facilities and in turn the tours, adding the practice facility to the learning experience. I wanted to engage the students and allow them to see there are other jobs in the turfgrass industry outside of the golf sector. I always get a very positive response from the students and I truly think that they enjoy the tours. They get a basic understanding of what is entailed in managing a professional sports stadium and training grounds. As well, they get an understanding that it can be very rewarding, and can be very lucrative. Unfortunately in Canada the number of natural grass stadiums for professional sports is limited, but I see this changing in the future based on the new technologies that are out there for growing grass in difficult situations.
A World Outside the Golf IndustryRobert Heggie, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
22 THE WHEN AND HOW OF SPORTS TURF RENOVATION Safe fields are the name of the game!
(continued on page 6)
24 MANAGEMENT OF SKINNED INFIELDS Three unique components: sand, silt and clay.
328 Victoria Rd. South, Guelph, Ontario N1L 0H2 | 519-763-9431 | fax 519-766-1704 sportsturfcanada.com
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