Make sure you get hold of a copy of a new publication from Scotts, designed to help Turf Managers select the best nutrient regime for their sites. The 44-page booklet, entitled Scotts Fertilizers, is packed with explanatory information on how different fertilizers work, and illustrates the benefits and advantages of particular formulations.

Guidance on how and where to use each fertilizer is given together with advice on the level of nutrients applied and number of bags required for different areas.

The new booklet will find a welcome reception from many greenkeepers and groundsmen, as turf nutrition is amongst the most complex subjects in the industry. The Scotts range, for example, one of the most comprehensive in Europe, features over 50 different fertilizer formulations and encompasses 13 different manufacturing technologies - each with specific applications and benefits.

Scotts' Technical Manager explained: "Turf managers are faced with an enormous choice of fertilizers these days - slow release, rapid release, controlled release, and liquid, granular, organic, with and without trace elements etc. Navigating your way through to the right selections is not easy."

"We recognise this as an issue and have invested a great deal of time and expertise in developing this guide to help our customers get the best from their turf."

Full details of the Scotts soil analysis service is featured together with recommended spreader setting tables. There is a simple-to-use ready reckoner for calculating the amount of nutrient applied from declared analysis and treatment rates.