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By Mark Sanderson in Industry on 23rd Jul 2010 8:00

The world leading turf growth regulator, Primo Maxx, is now approved for mixing with line marking paint - helping to retain line visibility for up to 50% longer. It also maintains turf quality and eliminates the time, cost and inconvenience of restoring lines burnt-out with total herbicides.

Sports turf managers could halve the time and cost of line marking this season, with a new approval to mix Primo Maxx with line marking paints. Independent trials by STRI have shown the opportunity to retain line visibility for up to 50% longer, compared to line marking alone.

Mixing the turf growth regulator with line marking paint can suppress grass growth for up to six weeks and has been shown to give significantly better retention of line colour and visibility for longer. Furthermore, there is no damage to the playing surface associated with total herbicide applications, which can allow weeds to ingress and create the need for re-sowing at the season's end.

Primo Maxx is approved for use as a pre-mix with paints for wheel-to-wheel application or with spray line marking applicators. The combination has been extensively tested with a full range of commercial paints and line marking equipment.

"At the end of the season, the turf simply reverts out of regulation with no damage or lasting effects," reports Rod Burke of Syngenta. "There is no cost or effort of re-seeding, no bare soil for weeds to establish and, if sports turf is being used for another event over the summer, new lines can be quickly and easily put in place."

Primo Maxx should be used at a rate of 2 ml per litre of line marking paint applied, or 40 ml in a 20 litre tank, for example. The cost of the Primo Maxx is less than 15p per litre of paint mix used, compared to the paint cost of around 40p to £1.80 per litre, depending on product choice and concentration used. Glufosinate ammonium adds a cost of around 33p per litre of paint mix for initial marking.

"Turf managers who use Primo Maxx on sports playing surfaces have already recognised the improvements in turf density, rooting depth and the added strength of to resist the wear and tear of heavy play, along with up to 50% reduction in mowing requirement and clipping yield," reports Mr Burke. "Now, Primo Maxx can make a further contribution to cutting costs and simplifying management, by reducing line marking requirement by up to a half."

Primo Maxx can be purchcased from the Pitchcare Shop

For turf specific information visit the website www.greencast.co.uk or www.greencast.ie

Read more articles in Industry, by Mark Sanderson or from July 2010.

There are 3 comments on this article

27 Sep 2010 by A J

Interesting article,

Would appreciate any advice on how often the primo maxx would need to be used in piant mix.? - For inital mark with paint, then every six weeks? or weekly re-mark with paint with use in a combi & supa c paint?

And if it does require weekly marking, is it safe to use on school pitches, athletic tracks, Rounders etc that are in contant daily use?

Many thanks

Andy.

Grow in grace...........

4 Oct 2010 by Simon Watson

Hi Andy,

I am glad you found Mark's article of interest. We would recommened that the Primo be included every time you mark out the lines.

In our trials we actually found better longevity with better quality paints, applied though a combi type machine.

I think you may get away with an application every 4-6 weeks depending on what is acceptable to you. In our trials we certainly had some lines that I would say were acceptable over month after application.

The use of Primo Maxx in line marking paint is approved for use and appears on the Primo Maxx label. As such it can be used on managed amenity turf, which would include school pitches being managed for sport.

I hope this helps.

Simon

4 Oct 2010 by A J

Hi simon,

Thank you for getting back with the above information. We normally re mark at 4/1 weekly, so with the above in mind i`m very interested in trying it?

So thanks again,

Andy johnson.

Grow in grace...........

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