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SoilSample A question of balance for your soil
10 Dec 2011 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 39 - Oct / Nov 2011
Andrew Turnbull, Technical Director of The Great Turf Company, discusses the importance of a carbon/nitrogen balance in the soil and how various organisms can affect the equilibrium

Biology lab The Great Turf Company will launch new products & laboratory services at BTME
7 Dec 2011 - Harrogate Week - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons)
The Great Turf Company has joined forces with Laverstoke Park Laboratories (‘Known as the University of Organics’) in a mission to reduce chemical dependency and optimise turf health by natural means via ‘Activated Microbial Turf Management’, the latest innovation in biological turf care.

SoilSample1 Getting to the root of the problem!
23 Jun 2011 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 36 - Apr / May 2011
Andy Turnbull, Managing Director of the Great Turf Company, discusses the benefits of undertaking a rootzone survey

Grass photosynthesis The Revolution of Turf Care
9 Dec 2010 - General Sports - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - 42 comments
This natural turf care revolution began in 1964, when Ian MacMillan was first introduced to feeding grass with agricultural molasses.

Testing Yourself
11 Aug 2010 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 31 - Jun / Jul 2010
No testing ground can reproduce the levels and intensity of wear, timing of use, exact conditions and all the other variable inputs that you, as the turf manager, put into your turf surfaces.

Capital Budgeting
22 Apr 2010 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 29 - Feb / Mar 2010
In this article, Andy Turnbull BSc examines how the use of financial management and analysis skills show that a turfgrass manager is aware of how proposed purchases affect the organisation as a whole, not just their world of the golf course or sports ground

Revolutionary New Lawn Care Arrives
16 Mar 2010 - Industry - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons)
Following their recent success in developing and supplying their own mixtures for carbohydrate nutrition for turfgrass surfaces, Ian MacMillan and Andrew Turnbull have started a unique franchise lawn care operation.

$It a bug\'s life down there.jpg$ Soil - biology or chemistry?
19 Aug 2009 - Consultancy - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
With the cost of fertiliser rocketing this year, many turf managers are looking at alternatives for producing and managing high quality playing surfaces. Many are looking at, and actively trialling, a more organic, or environmentally sensitive, approach.

The true cost of machinery ownership
30 Jul 2009 - Mechanics - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - Issue 25 - Jun / Jul 2009
Andrew Turnbull says it is vital to grasp a working understanding of financial planning in order to influence the decision makers that can make it worthwhile for you to get up in the morning.

Greenkeeping and Sports Turf Technical Workshop Programme - N. Ireland
29 Feb 2008 - Training - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - 1 comment
Designed for those who are seeking high quality training in technical subjects vital to playing surface preparation.

Professionalism in Turf Management
2 Mar 2007 - General News - Andrew Turnbull BSc (Hons) - 4 comments
There are many hard working and skillful turf practitioners and managers in the UK, dedicated to providing the best turf surfaces they can. However, what does the term “professional greenkeeper or groundsman” mean?