OPS Program Approach
The Sanctuary “Organic Program Strategy” or OPS applications provide results driven
programs to integrate Sanctuary products into your fertility program. These programs
provide several unique benefits not provided by traditional chemical fertilizer products.
The Sanctuary organic ingredients provide the essential plant nutrients for turf growth.
Plus, the Sanctuary products are rich in non-nutrient ingredients like carbohydrates and
humic acids. The combinations of these ingredients provide food energy to stimulate the
soil microbial populations. After 20 years of consulting on organic products and
programs, this approach to nutrient management provides a new dimension in turf
fertility.
The Sanctuary ingredients stimulate the natural soil microbial populations providing life
and energy to the soil system. A soil rich in microbial life reduces the impact for many
common turf problems. In short, a healthy microbial soil system delivers nutrients to the
turf reducing many stress and disease related problems. The Sanctuary OPS Program
promotes a healthy competitive soil, which enhances nutrient availability and overall turf
quality.
OPS Program Benefits
The Sanctuary OPS Programs were developed as simple blue prints to offer biological
alternative programs for seasonal agronomic and turf problems. These Sanctuary
programs provide unique benefits that improve overall soil health and microbial life. This
biological delivery method both enhances and complements traditional turf management
approaches. Listed are several key overall benefits to incorporating these Sanctuary
OPS Programs into your everyday agronomic management practices.
1. Improve Soil Resilience.
The Sanctuary products offer a unique nutrient management approach to turf and
soil health. By first feeding the soil, this stimulates soil microbial life. A vibrant,
competitive microbial system creates an environment that is less prone to
agronomic problems. Like the human body, a healthy diet reduces the everyday
illnesses. The same can be said for turf nutrient management. The Sanctuary
provides a rich diet of amino acids and carbohydrates, which increases this
microbial soil immune system. This microbial immune system helps to reduce
turf decline and stress related problems.
2. Unlock Soil Nutrient Potential.
The Sanctuary product is a rich nutritional diet for stimulating and building
microbial populations. These microbes play a key role delivering nutrients to the
turf. As microbes multiple, they will breakdown the organic matter in the soil. In
this process, these microbes help to mine minerals that are locked to the soil
colloid. These minerals are released to the soil solution and available for root
uptake.
3. Enhances Microbial Competition
The Sanctuary products rich in nutrition increases microbial populations in the
soil. As these populations continue to elevate, these microbial populations
provide several benefits. These microbes play a key biological role by improving
nutrient availability, which reduces turf stress and decline. A healthy, competitive
microbial environment improves overall turf quality.
OPS Program Sheets
Listed below are the specific agronomic Sanctuary “Organic Program Strategy” or OPS
Program Sheets. These Sanctuary programs will provide a simple blue print for
improved turf quality.
Aeration OPS Program
The Sanctuary products address many of the rootzone and soil health dysfunctions that
impact turf density and rooting. This program provides the biological release of nutrients
that enhances healthy turf growth and increases beneficial soil microbial activity.
Organic nutrients rich in amino acids, carbohydrates and humic acids provide the
nutrients to enhance rapid recovery of the turf.
(Attach Aeration OPS Sheet)
(Attach Aeration OPS Post Card)
Dormant Fairway OPS Program
The Sanctuary products provide the wintertime nutrient requirements to build
carbohydrate reserves. These reserves are essential for winter stress tolerance and
spring green up. This application provides soil microbes with an energy rich nutritional
diet of amino acids and carbohydrates, providing the complex nutrients to continue turf
recovery, enhance rooting and provide excellent spring color.
(Attach Dormant Fwy OPS Sheet)
(Attach Dormant Fwy OPS Post Card)
Dormant Greens OPS Program
The Sanctuary products provide the wintertime nutrient requirements to build
carbohydrate reserves. These reserves are essential for winter stress tolerance and
spring green up. This application provides soil microbes with an energy rich nutritional
diet of amino acids and carbohydrates, providing the complex nutrients to continue turf
recovery, enhance rooting and provide excellent spring color.
(Attach Dormant Greens OPS Sheet)
(Attach Dormant Greens OPS Post Card)
Effluent Water OPS Program
The Sanctuary 8-3-6 is a rich organic nutrient source with a very low salt content. This
product provides an ideal product for use with effluent irrigation water. This product also
combines the benefit of natural calcium to help leach sodium from the soil. This program
provides an outstanding means to reduce sodium buildup in the soil and enhances
overall turf color, rooting and quality.
(Attach Effluent OPS Sheet)
(Attach Effluent OPS Post Card)
Fairway Color OPS Program
The Sanctuary products provide cost-effective organic based programs designed to offer
excellent residual color, turf density and increased stress tolerance. This fairway color
program provides nutrients rich in organic nutrition to improve soil resilience. This
program promotes an environment less prone to stress and turf problems. The
Sanctuary products have a low salt index that is ideal for hot weather applications. A
simple 3 to 4 applications at 10-week intervals can provide season long fairway color
and growth.
(Attach Fwy Color OPS Sheet)
(Attach Fwy Color OPS Post Card)
Greens Nutritional OPS Program
The Sanctuary products promote a soil rich in nutrients and microbial activity. A resilient
soil system provides an environment less prone to stress and disease problems. The
monthly application of a high energy protein meal will provide nutrition to stimulate
beneficial microbial activity. This active microbial system promotes an environment
favoring turf growth less prone to stress problems. This simple greens program can be
used in conjunction with your fungicidal and liquid nutrient spray campaign.
(Attach Nutrition OPS Sheet)
(Attach Nutrition OPS Post Card)
Polysaccharide Color OPS Program
The Sanctuary products provide excellent residual turf color without top growth.
Polysaccharide micronutrients are absorbed through both the leaf and root system.
These biologically released nutrients mimic Mother Nature enhancing turf rooting and
stimulating beneficial soil microbial activity. This simple program can provide extended
residual color and enhance turf quality.
(Attach Poly Color OPS Sheet)
(Attach Poly Color OPS Post Card)
Polysaccharide Stress OPS Program
The Sanctuary provides micronutrients essential for many internal metabolic turf
processes. These nutrient imputes improve the turf resilience and quality. A resilient
turf plant is less prone to weather related stress problems and conditions that favor turf
decline. Hence, this simple program can provide the nutrients to enhance turf resilience
and overall stress tolerance.
(Attach Poly Stress OPS Sheet)
Soil Life OPS Program
(Attach Poly Stress OPS Post Card)
The Sanctuary products promote a soil rich in nutrients and microbial activity. A resilient
soil system provides an environment less prone to stress and disease problems. The
monthly application of a high-energy protein meal will provide nutrition to stimulate
microbial activity. This active microbial system promotes an environment favoring turf
growth less prone to stress problems. This simple greens program can be used in
conjunction with your fungicidal and liquid nutrient spray campaign.
(Attach Life OPS Sheet)
(Attach Life OPS Post Card)
Tee Recovery OPS Program
The Sanctuary products will provide an excellent residual organic nutrient source for turf
recovery. The monthly application to tees will provide an environment for improved
rooting and faster turf recovery. The Sanctuary is rich in amino acids, carbohydrates
and humic acids. A simple monthly application of Sanctuary products will reduce
recovery time and improve playability.
(Attach Tee OPS Sheet)
(Attach Tee OPS Post Card)