9/27/2024 - By Mike Hess

The Early Order Program season is about to begin at Harrell’s and the best chemical manufacturers across the country, a stressful but exciting time for hundreds of turf managers as they look to next year and review the successes of the past seasons. To help highlight a few product offerings in our EOP catalog, we asked Harrell’s Sales Directors from the South Central, West, Northeast, and Southeast regions to offer product recommendations they know customers will benefit from in their respective regions:

JJ Jansen EOP Product Picks – Turf South Central

Hydro-90: A wetting agent that contains 100% active ingredients, making it a great tool to combat drought-stressed turf in summer on fairways.

ProtectMAX® Title Phyte® Systemic Fungicide: A registered fungicide that provides a potassium source. Widely used on greens applications and programs throughout our region.

Harrell's EarthMAX® Organic: An OMRI-listed product used on greens as an all-natural soil supplement that contains humic acid, and active carbon.

Phil Page EOP Product Picks – Turf West

PAR® SG – Helps with plant health, pigment, and warm season grass as daylight and soil temperatures start to decline.

Fleet® 100 – Assists with water distribution and helps push salts through the profile that have built up over the summer months.

ProtectMAX® Title Phyte® System Fungicide – The backbone of a balanced approach to disease management by controlling damaging diseases while supplementing the plant with an important nutritional element in potassium.

Dormant Green Plus – Effective colorant for non-overseeded turfgrass.

Cal Plus – For use as a supplement to displace salts both in plant tissue and soil.

Harrell's EarthMAX® Organic – Feeds the soil and encourages microbial activity as soil temperatures start to decrease. May aid in micronutrient uptake and increase water retention.

POLYON® 44 or 43.5 – Provides controlled release Nitrogen through the fall months to either establish newly planted ryegrass or feed permanent turf to go into winter happy and healthy.

John Keeler EOP Product Picks – Turf Northeast

The Harrell's Bio-MAX® products offer an effective way to get ahead on your root system by promoting healthier, more robust plant growth. These products are designed to enhance nutrient uptake, stimulate root development, and improve soil health, leading to stronger, more resilient plants, able to withstand the stresses now and in the future.

Kurt Von Hofen EOP Product Picks – Turf Southeast

Harrell’s Bio-MAX® EarthMAX® Organic

Harrell's EarthMAX® Organic is a versatile product can be applied to sprigs on a grow-in, watered in with a soil application, or sprayed with your weekly foliar application. The root stimulation and health of the plant after this application truly is a testament to how beneficial EarthMAX is. The results and consistency year after year make this our leader across the board on our Bio-MAX® line.

Harrell’s ProtectMAX® Title Phyte® Systemic Fungicide

Next on the list isHarrell's ProtectMAX® Title Phyte® Systemic Fungicide! The has become the backbone of countless spray programs over the years thanks to its high phosphite content. It combats the following;[KE5]  Pythium blight, Summer Complex (Bermuda and others), Dollar Spot, Grey Leaf Spot, Brown Patch, Anthracnose, and damping-off diseases to turf grasses. This is a great biweekly go to help keep the plant strong throughout the season.

Harrell’s HydroMAX® Fleet® 100

Next up is Harrell's HydroMAX® Fleet® 100. Nothing helps control the moisture in your greens more than Fleet 100. This can be applied during a monthly flush along with other soil products, or applied with fungicides that need watering in to help get them through thatch layers which can be challenging. Fleet is also applied to greens before large rain events to help keep the moisture moving through the soil profile. This product continues to lead the market in moisture management on putting greens!

These products have stood the test of time over the last 10-plus years with countless trials and data that prove how good they are. These products are instrumental to a healthy balanced program that helps pull it all together for turf managers across the country. When it comes to root growth, strengthening plant defenses, and managing moisture there are no better pairs of products on the market!

The Best EOP Product Picks for You

No one knows your turf’s needs better than you and your Harrell's Rep and they are here for you this EOP season. Make sure you connect with them before the start of EOP to build the right plan and get the most out of EOP rewards and products this season. View all of our EOP offerings here!