Andrew Hardy said: The product simply provides a colorant to the turf that in some way will lower canopy temperatures dramatically. I have found that you really only get the full benefit of the product at the 3.4oz rate IMO. Though it isn't advertised, it does somehow shutdown moss. And to my knowledge it won't favor Poa over Bent as many of my colleagues are using it with no ill effects to Bent.
We have had a record number of >90F days this year in the Toronto area. On any given day I am seeing 9-14 degree F differences between treated greens and check plots. Its my new favourite Friday application as it will (for the most part) eliminate any hand-watering. That's my two cents, it works but the value at 3.4oz is somewhat questionable.
What a shock that the "Asylum Inmates" on these forums would ruin another post. Must be nice to know everything AND be able to spend all day on these forums.
Hope this helps
As a long term Asylum Member, I strongly represent your comment. I simply got POd when I used a Bayer product last year and was unaware of it's capacity to stain the cups. Had I known in advance I might have thought to do one of the suggested solutions.
While the product may do what it is advertized to do I have to wonder how colouring something darker does anything other than increase heat absorption. ie black sand to melt ice
For the southern guys, I don;t get it's value. I always hear how even a succession of cloudy days has a detrimental effects on Bermuda. Maybe its a magical sauce that differentiates between good and bad light. I don't know and at this point don't care.
If you start walking south and I start walking north we could meet and have a duke it out in about a half hour. although you would have the advantage as my disdain for walking is only surpassed by my dislike of bending over