A new set of eyes.
Posted by mynormas on February 25, 2014
Sometimes a problem creeps up on you so slowly that you adapt to it and does not see it as a problem.
I usually see it in golf clubs that the staff has been there for ages. Sometimes they’ve been there for more than one generation.
I was in a rural golf course and I saw that an oil palm tree has grown where it shouldn’t be. It is what oil palm planters would call as “Volunteer Oil Palm”; that is, oil palm that grew from seeds that fell from the tree.
The palm tree grew slowly without fertiliser and by now its fronds have blocked the buggy path.
Probably because it grew slowly, golfers and staff alike got used to it and took a diversion through the rough.
Chalk that up as another reason why a visiting consultant can be of use to a golf club, bringing with him a fresh set of eyes, not just looking but also seeing from a new perspective.
Give him a call at O3 5I3I OO66 or email him at mynormasATconsultant.com AT=@.
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dyg christina said
Salam tuan,
Nak tanya sikit. knp lalang dan rumput yang saya telah racun dengan roundup sebanyak dua pusingan (racun sehingga lai daun basah), tetapi dalam tempoh sebulan lebih dah tumbuh balik anak lalang. Seolah2 domain seed masih byk di bwh tanah. macam mana nak hapuskan domain seed tu.sbb saya bercadang nak tanam cow grass/ pearl grass kat tapak tu.sblm ne saya dah tanam cow grass tapi lalang tumbuh semula dan saya terpaksa racun lalang dan terkena rumput yang dah di tanam tu.
Terima kasih.
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mynormas said
Salam.
Roundup ialah sejenis racun serap atau systemic. Ertinya ia akan menyerap masuk ke dalam tumbuhan dan membunuh tumbuhan rumput hingga ke akar (dan tuber dalam kes lalang). Ini berbeza dengan racun sentuh atau contact yg akan membunuh hanya di mana racun itu ‘sentuh’.
TETAPI, jika racun systemic itu di campur terlalu pekat atau overdose, ia akan berfungsi seperti racun sentuh: ia akan membunuh hanya daun yg kena racun sahaja dan tidak di serap ke dalam tumbuhan.
Biar dulu, tunggu ia tumbuh balik daun baru, dan sembur MENGIKUT DOS ATAU UKURAN DI LABEL. Jika di sembur dalam kadar yg betul, lalang akan bertukar warna hanya pada hari ke tiga.
Selamat Mencuba!
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