Q&A WITH Larry Lennert

How does AMGUARD’s new website, Amguardtech.com, help superintendents?

Amguardtech.com is the new dedicated website for non-crop and specialty technology solutions from AMGUARD™ Environmental Technologies. The new site has many helpful features to make it easy to find information quickly. A “Where to Buy” button quickly connects superintendents to nearby distributors. Visit the Media Library to find product labels, SDSs, and sell sheets in one convenient location. From any page, superintendents can quickly sign up for AMGUARD emails to be notified of our latest news and promotions, like the current PCNB fungicides offer for snow mold control. Please visit us soon at amguardtech.com. We welcome your feedback.

What unique chemistries does AMGUARD Environmental Technologies have, and are you developing new products?

The proprietary chemistry we’re best known for is pentachloronitrobenzene, or PCNB. PCNB is a multisite contact fungicide and the only FRAC Code 14 fungicide available for use on golf turf, making it a very valuable fungicide resistance management tool. PCNB is also widely recognized as the most effective single active ingredient for control of all three major snow mold pathogens. More recently, PCNB has also been proven to be one of the most effective fungicides for anthracnose control. AMGUARD has three PCNB-based fungicides: TURFCIDE® 10G (granular PCNB), PREMION® FUNGICIDE (PCNB + tebuconazole), and TURFCIDE® 400 (PCNB).

In addition, we are the exclusive supplier of imazaquin for the turfgrass and landscape industry with our SCEPTER® T&O 70 WDG herbicide brand. Imazaquin is also featured in SUREPYC® IQ — a selective, warm-season turfgrass herbicide with the only premix combination of sulfentrazone and imazaquin. SUREPYC IQ provides excellent control of tough weeds like Kyllinga, nutsedges, and doveweed, as well as broad-spectrum control of a variety of listed weed species.

AMGUARD also provides the only granular soil fumigant on the market, BASAMID® G. Containing the active ingredient dazomet, BASAMID G controls labeled weeds, including bermudagrass, Poa annua, nematodes, and soil diseases. BASAMID G works quickly and allows new seeding or sprigging of greens, tees, or fairways in as little as eight days after treatment.

It is a very exciting time at AMGUARD. We have made a very significant investment in not only new product development, but also new technology discovery. Stay tuned.

You mentioned PCNB is the best fungicide for snow mold control. Winter is approaching, so what are some of the best ways to use PCNB in a snow mold control program?

As a Regional Sales Manager for AMGUARD Environmental Technologies in the Midwest and a Wisconsin native, I’m very aware of the damage snow mold can do to unprotected golf turf.

I’ve found that one of the best and easiest ways to incorporate PCNB into a snow mold control program is to use TURFCIDE 400 instead of chlorothalonil as the contact fungicide component in snow mold fungicide mixtures. PCNB consistently outperforms chlorothalonil in snow mold field trials, so you will get much better snow mold protection simply by making the switch from chlorothalonil to TURFCIDE 400.

Another great way to use PCNB is to use one of the four performance-guaranteed TURFCIDE 400 snow mold fungicide programs in our 2022 TURFCIDE 400 Snow Mold Assurance Program.

For more information about snow mold control with PCNB, visit our dedicated snow mold website: amguardtech.com/snow-mold.

EOP season has begun. Tell us about your AMGUARD™ Defenders Early Order Program.

The AMGUARD Defenders Early Order Program is very easy to participate in, with no order minimums, no forms to complete, and no invoices to submit. Just place an order and we’ll take care of the rest. We know there are many early order programs, and we wanted to make ours as easy to use as possible to earn your rebates.

The AMGUARD Defenders Early Order Program runs October 1 – December 16, 2022. Order any of our eligible products during this period and earn rebates in the form of a distributor credit to be applied to your account in 2023. Learn more at amguardtech.com/eop.