Soil Biology

Last week, the Grenstaff had the chance to attend a Soil Biology course which was held at the club by Symbio (the makers of our compost tea brewer) and Dr Sue Hodgson. It was very informative and as a bonus the club now own their own microscope for analysing our soil biology.

Also in attendance was Steve Hemsley the course manager from Bolton Old Links GC.

Some of you may be wondering why we need to go to such lengths with our maintenance programme. But if the biology of the soil is out of balance, disease and pests can multiply. We also need to know that the Tea we apply to the greens has the correct amount of bacteria and fungi.