In recent years, changes in the global environment have caused droughts and torrential rain, heavy snowfall and heat waves, creating problems not only in Japan but in many other areas of the world as well. One factor behind these phenomena is disturbance of the environment caused by use of substances that don’t exist in the natural environment, and use of substances that disrupt nature’s essential microbial ecology.
Out of concern for these environmental problems, and based on deep study of plant physiology, microbiology, molecular biology and soil science, Fuji Biogreen Ltd. is committed to developing natural circulation type products and to establishing environment-friendly sports turf maintenance methods (bio-maintenance) not previously available in the area of sports turf management.
Within Japan, many sports stadiums used by professional soccer J-league teams, public parks, and about 400 golf courses have responded favorably to these concepts and use the products offered by Fuji Biogreen Ltd. and the Biobusiness Promotion Group.
Plants, including turf, live by maintaining a balance between the surface part, consisting of the leaves and stem, and the substructure, consisting of the roots.
Currently, most sports turf is managed by repeating the “fertilize, then mow” cycle over and over again.
Each time the surface is mowed, the withered and dormant parts of the substructure increase, and this causes excess accumulation of thatch, which can lead to disease and insect damage.
Excessive thatch then leads to use of chemicals corresponding to the spectrum for the disease and to the spectrum for harmful insects. Of course, these chemicals are required to treat the symptoms, but end up being used on all bacteria and insects within the spectrum, making it difficult to judge whether or not they should be used continuously.
(For example, we hear many examples of sports turf managers experiencing problems with even larger fairy rings, originating from mushroom fungus, the year after applying chemicals in the spectrum for basidiomycetes. The problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the effect on the natural environment must also be considered along with the issue of administering too many chemicals.)
In response to these problems faced by sports turf managers and to answer their needs, Fuji Biogreen Ltd. and Biobusiness Promotion Group member companies provide natural circulation type product groups and environment-friendly sports turf maintenance programs (bio-maintenance) not previously available in the area of sports turf management. These products and programs don’t disturb the natural environment, move hand-in-hand with the natural environment, and create harmony among the natural environment, people and the turf.