TENSiL

STAND TOUGH against weather, wear, and stress

TENSiL

7.0% Soluble Silicon. A unique Silicon Supplement for greens, tees, and fine turf supporting plant resilience to stress resulting in superior turfgrass quality & performance.

A novel biodynamic formulation providing plant-available silicon that is immediately absorbed and used by turfgrass leading to enhanced quality and performance.

TENSiL is the purest source of soluble silicon currently on the US market. When turf has sufficient levels of silicon, overall stress factors are greatly diminished. TENSiL increases plant resilience in response to turf use and stress that are noticeable as increased wear tolerance, uniform upright growth, and root growth. TENSiL also works to promote water-use and nutrient-use efficiency and protects that plant from nutrient imbalances such as sodium and other salts.

SILICON IS AN ESSENTIAL TURFGRASS NUTRIENT

While all plants accumulate silicon, concentrations in turfgrass are similar to nitrogen! TENSiL provides silicon in the plant-available form, giving your turfgrass the necessary nutrients to reach its full genetic potential.

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TENSiL REDUCES EXCESS TRANSPIRATION

Transpiration allows nutrients to be absorbed from the soil moving them into the roots and blades. If a plant is deficient in a nutrient, transpiration increases to pull more water and nutrients into the plant tissue. Once the nutrient requirement is met, transpiration is reduced. Grass plants are constantly transpiring, looking for silicon. But when not enough is present, the plant uses excess energy. With TENSiL in your program, your plant’s silicon needs are easily met and transpiration is reduced.

Silicon Deficient

Water Loss
Excess Transpiration

Silicon Sufficient

Water Movement
Normal Transpiration

TENSiL BUILDS CELL WALL INTEGRITY

In turfgrass, silicon is found in multiple locations, including the cell wall. Here it provides a foundation for efficient water and nutrient movement, resulting in healthy, uniform cells. Without silicon, cells are more vulnerable to changes in water and nutrient availability, causing cells to shrivel and reducing blade integrity, tensile strength, and elasticity. TENSiL maintains cellular water balance by:

Reducing Na uptake from soils and
Promoting osmolyte production in cells that maintains high turgor pressure.

This results in more resilient plants that can withstand abiotic stress.

Cross-sections of plant leaves in the absence of Silicon.

Cross-sections of plant leaves in the presence of Silicon.

TENSiL PROMOTES ROOT GROWTH

Silicon fosters root barriers, allowing higher nutrient absorption which feeds the growing roots. These barriers also help protect plants from saturated soils, allowing for root growth even during increasingly wet seasons. In dry conditions root barriers maintain water in the plant as the soil dries down, protecting the roots as your turf acclimates to summer conditions.

Here at ITHOF we host the only professional grass tennis tournament in the United States in July. It’s a time of the year that brings stressful environmental conditions with 10 grass courts in play 9 hours a day. We have thousands of spectators, workers and players on these historical grounds daily but I’m confident the turf will hold up because TENSiL is in my program. I get amazing resilience from those applications. My roots are strong and deep and the bounce-back is phenomenal.

Jon Bengtson

Superintendent Courts and Grounds, International Tennis Hall of Fame
Former Field Superintendent, N. E. Patriots and N. E. Revolution