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Chemical Free Greenkeeping Amongst 2400 Deer

Martin Nilsson
January 21, 2020
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Chemical Free Greenkeeping Amongst 2400 Deer

Martin Nilsson

January 21, 2020
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  1. Agenda • Club and golf course • A little about

    myself • What’s special about my workplace • Chemical free greenkeeping • Disease management • Weed management • Pest management • Deer management • People management (survival guide)
  2. Club history Established i 1898 (first in Scandinavia) 18 holes

    golf course opens in 1931 (Architect unknown) Renovated in 2008/09 (Tom Mackenzie, Architect and Frank Lowell, Contractor)
  3. Club history Situated in a very popular Public Park called

    “Dyrehaven” (The Deer Park) 8 m. guest p.a. “Dyrehaven” is part of a National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage site
  4. Club history • Farmland until 1670 • 1670-1780 used by

    the King for hunting • Today a public park (1000 ha) • Main attraction is the mature woodlands and more than 2000 deer
  5. A little about myself • 49 years old • Greenkeeping

    since 2001 • Headgreenkeeper Copenhagen GC since 2006 • Board Member DGA 2008-2017, Chairman 2009-2017 • Board Member FEGGA 2018-
  6. Meeten is weeten Research STERF/ R&A European Research Dutch Sustainablity

    group Visits to other countries Visits to Denmark
  7. Dyrehaven and the Golf Course Government owned land Nature Protection

    Act (DK) Ancient Monuments (DK) Natura 2000 (EU) World Heritage (UN)
  8. Chemical Free Greenkeeping • 1999 Government land most be pesticide-free

    including Copenhagen Golf Club • Herbicides and insecticides dissappears • Dispensation to use fungicides on greens • Last application of a fungicide fall 2011 • Today weeds are a bigger problem than disease
  9. Progress of focus points Greens (from Poa to fescue dominance)

    Bunkers Greens surrounds and aprons Fairways
  10. Disease management • Focus on fine fescues • Low input,

    HOC 4,2mm, grooming instead of verticutting • Winter program starts in august • Last application of fertiliser (N) • No aerification after mid-september • Last cut on greens in mid-october • Rolling greens to suppress Microdochium Patch and to maintain playing quality
  11. Weeds Management • No Herbicides • Clover on greens, greens

    surrounds, teeboxes, fairways • Plantains on greens, greens surrounds, teeboxes
  12. Clover Management • FeSO4 at 60 kg/ha • Spring and

    late summer • Up to 3 or 4 applications • Intervals of 7-14 days
  13. Clover Management • FeSO4 at 60 kg/ha • Spring and

    late summer • Up to 3 or 4 applications • Intervals of 7-14 days
  14. Sand and low input works …. maybe also fine fescues

    due to it’s high lignine content
  15. Survival Guide ”Trying to win the Tour de France without

    doping” Communication is key Help can come from many places: • Ladies Section • Old Boys section • Young Elite Players working Summers
  16. My Greenkeeping in the Coming Years • Clipping Yield Management

    • Can I expand the days or weeks were the greens are in balance? • Tweaking the greens • How do I make the greens softer without compromising the overlaying strategy? • Raise the quality of the poorest performing greens • Creeping bents? • Stickers
  17. Take-aways • Seek Knowledge and Experience – also abroad •

    Team up with like-minded colleagues • Always communicate and everywhere you can • Build up alliances and create ambassadors