How to Tell if You’re a Turf Pro
Five Ways You Stand Out From the Crowd
If you’re a golf course superintendent or landscape contractor, or even a facility manager, you’re a professional. It says so on your office door or the side of your trailer. But how do you know if turf is less of a job and more of a full-time passion, or even a borderline obsession? If the five things below sound like you, you might be a full-blown Turf Pro.
You're more concerned about the food your turf eats than the food you eat
With the high demands of your job, sometimes there’s no time for well-balanced healthy meals for you. You’re on the go, and you’ll run on coffee and sunflower seeds until the job is done. But your turf (or your client’s turf) is a different matter – it has a detailed diet plan, including LebanonTurf products such as the ROOTS brand of biologically enhanced nutrients to ensure it receives the nutrition every growing seed needs.
Your turf looks so good that it makes you cringe when someone walks on it
You know the golf course is there for people to play golf, and your customers’ lawns are there for them to enjoy, but when it looks that good, sometimes it’s hard to see someone walking on it. But that’s why they need you. You keep the turf in top shape even when it’s under the stress of foot traffic, drought or disease.
You have five weather apps on your phone
You may need only one app to get a ride across town, or to have your favorite meal delivered to you, but in order to know what sort of weather your turf will be facing, you need to have a second opinion or five. Weather can play a huge role in obvious things like irrigation, but it also factors heavily into issues like drought and disease. Many LebanonTurf grass seeds are resistant to those stresses, so even if the weather doesn’t cooperate, the turf will.
You take more care of your work vehicle than your own car
If you’re on a golf course, it’s that utility vehicle with just the right combination of tools and fertilizers in the bed of it. If you’re an LCO, you’ve got a truck and trailer that the whole town recognizes. If you didn’t have your vehicle, you’d be in big trouble. After all, you manage a lot of turf, and you need to get around to see it all. But with fertilizers like LebanonTurf ProScape with Acelepryn plus Dimension, they offer slow release nitrogen nutrients that feeds your turf even if you’re not hovering over it. Then it’s on to the next task.
You know your LebanonTurf sales rep’s number by heart
It may take you a second to remember your wife’s actual phone number, but whether you’re calling from the office phone or out in the field, you know how to get a hold of your LebanonTurf sales representative. With all the product offerings that LebanonTurf provides to turf pros like you, it’s probably the most important phone call you make while on the job.
If you don’t have a sales rep yet, go here and we’ll help you find one in your area.
Sure, there are some things in life that are more important than your turf, but if you’re being honest, most of your time and energy is spent on making it look and perform as good as it can. Then your clients and bosses will be happy, but above all, you’ll be happy. That’s the truest sign of a turf pro.
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