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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Operation Pollinator onThe Ford Plantation Golf Course

Operation Pollinator has really begun top take off. Our new seedlings are getting established... the warm temperature is ideal for growth.
This photograph was taken June 6th demonstrating the plants beginning to flower.
Several different colors are starting to pop from the plants including whites, purples and yellow.
This Rudbeckia is in full glory
In just 10 days the flowering plants have really exploded into color. 
Golf Course Superintendent, Kyle Johnson doing some selective hand weeding in the Club's operation pollinator plot.
A word about Operation Pollinator from the Syngenta Company:

Bumblebees play a crucial role as one of natures' pollinators, but they are in serious decline and need our help now. Reversing the plight of the bumblebee and other pollinating insects will help to prove that golf courses can be managed in harmony with the environment and provide valuable wildlife habitats.
Golf courses can provide essential sanctuaries for bumblebees and other beneficial insect species.  Environmental enhancement of relatively undisturbed out of play areas can provide the perfect location for immensely valuable ecological habitats.


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