Reducing fertilizer inputs and costs: a case study

PACE Turf member Jason Haines, has recently posted Year 2 of his results when using the Minimum Levels for Sustainable Nutrition (MLSN) Soil Guidelines. It's a great, real life example of the financial and environmental benefits of using this approach as seen here.

Jason has applied the MLSN Guidelines to greens, tees and fairways, and has halved his costs (from $4,433.00 in 2012, down to $2,276.00 in 2014), while reducing total product used by 25 percent (from 3,085 kg per…