Boston-Converted Organics Inc. is touting the results of a survey that found this spring and summer that the company’s TurfBlend 6-0-0 organic fertilizer produced the best overall quality turf compared with a variety of conventional products. According to Converted Organics, the study, which began last May 28 at the Midwest Golf House in Lemont, Ill., compared Turf Blend 6-0-0 to urea and sulfur coated urea as standards, as well as NaturStim Liquid and granular treatments of Milorganite, sulfur coated urea, L-Soy 9, and NaturStim Granular in 20-foot square patches replicated four times. Each got the same amount of irrigation and maintenance. “Our study showed that Converted Organics’ Turf Blend, along with the urea control, displayed the most consistent high quality over the seven weeks of evaluation,” reported Dr. Thomas Fermanian, Professor Emeritus of turfgrass management at the University of Illinois, and president of Fermanian Consulting LLC. Fermanian Consulting conducted the study with Archer Daniels Midland Co. “Converted Organics Turf Blend 6-0-0 shows great promise as a long-lasting nitrogen source.” Converted Organics President Edward Gildea added, “This study is significant because it demonstrates that golf courses wishing to use an organic fertilizer can do so without sacrificing turf quality, simply by utilizing our organic liquid fertilizer. These results are especially meaningful for golf courses located in environmentally-sensitive areas.”
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