FAQs

Q. How does Turfmagic help save water?

A. The up to 50% reduction claims come from laboratory experiments. The water reduction you will see will be determined by your soil types. Some soils will hold more water and some will hold less. A plant can be a wick or a sponge. When the plant is too dry, the microorganisms catch water as the plant exhales through the root system – turning it into a sponge. When there is too much water the microorganisms move water away from roots so the plant can breathe. Rarely do we see just the right amount of water. Usually we have too much or too little. Turfmagic helps the plant in either situation.

Q. How does Turfmagic prevent run off?

A. The microorganisms take the chemicals in fertilizer and use them to build plant mass as well as increase their own populations. The microorganisms take Nitrogen and make protein. They take Phosphorus and make Adenosine triphosphate. And, they take Potassium and make electrolytes. When the chemicals are used in this matter, they are bound in the plants and the microorganisms and do not run off into water.

Q. How does Turfmagic benefit the soil?

A. Soil is often depleted of microorganisms by excessive use of pesticides, herbicides and overuse of fertilizer. Tilling the soil and harvesting further depletes populations. Therefore, it is necessary to return microorganisms to soils, thus restoring balance. Turfmagic helps hold soil particles together, retain water and retain nutrients.

Q. How does Turfmagic produce healthier plants?

A. Plant food is sugar, not fertilizer. The use light from the sun and carbon from the air to make sugar. Plants then consume this sugar and use it to grow and stay healthy. Plants also make their own sugar to grow, but the microorganisms make sugar more than 10 times faster than the plants. Therefore, the plants do not have to work as hard to grow and stay healthy.

What are bed bugs?

Bed bug is the common name for Cimex lectularius, a reddish-brown, oval-shaped insect that can grow to a quarter of an inch long. Bed bugs are wingless and survive by sucking blood from a host animal, preferably a human. Pictures of bed bugs from the University of Toronto.

Why are they called bed bugs?

Bed bugs commonly hide in mattresses, carpets, behind peeling paint or wallpaper, and in crevices in wooden furniture (like a bed's headboard or the picture frame above it). The bugs are nocturnal and typically bite people while they sleep, usually just before dawn

Why are bed bugs reappearing?

Bed bugs were all but eradicated with broad-spectrum pesticides such as DDT, which killed a wide variety of bug types. Concerns about health and the environment led to many of these broad-spectrum pesticides being removed from the market. Today, pest control methods are more focused, designed to kill a particular species (like cockroaches). Bed bugs, since they are not specifically being treated for, are slipping through the cracks.

Where did bed bugs come from?

Bed bugs travel surprisingly well, and are quite comfortable stowing away in luggage and even clothing. The bugs are increasingly found in urban hotels in America. Since they tend to stow away and travel with humans, any place that sees a number of world travelers is susceptible. Pilots, wealthy people, and business travelers can bring bed bugs along unwittingly.

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