Poseidon is a highly innovative, advanced non-ionic rootzone surfactant complex formulated in combination with an auxin-balanced seaweed extract. This ground breaking surfactant system is designed to amend and significantly enhance water movement, water distribution, hydration and drainage in root zones influenced by water repellent soil particles. In addition, Poseidon contains a separate seaweed extract component designed to enrich the root zone with a natural source of major and minor plant nutrients and replenish deficiencies of cytokinin and auxin proteins caused by decreases in root metabolic synthesis during stress.

One of the surfactant blend components is a complex triblock copolymer containing non-polar terminating groups. These unique terminating groups provide additional nonpolar “anchors” that the surfactant uses to adhere to the water repellent surface of the soil particle.

This unique construction is designed to change the “footprint” of the surfactant on the soil particle in order to promote a more consistent level of hydration and rehydration. In addition to directing a more favorable pattern of hydration for the tri-block copolymer surfactant, the polymer construction of this tri-block copolymer also reduces the rate of microbial degradation which makes the surfactant’s last longer.

But the Poseidon formulation doesn’t stop with solving water movement problems in the rootzone. A proprietary seaweed extract is included within the Poseidon formulation to enrich the root zone with a natural source of major and minor plant nutrients (including boron, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum and zinc).

Decades of research have verified a strong correlation between root system development, improved root mass and enhanced plant vigor with the application of seaweed extracts containing cytokinin and auxins.

Problems with localized dry spots and turfgrass sufferring under non-uniform growing conditions are more prevalent today than when USGA green method construction emerged in the early 1960’s. Many superintendents are finding that rootzone growing conditions that would support quality turfgrass under USGA specifications in the past will not sustain similar quality ratings on today’s turfgrass.

The development of Poseidon Rootzone Surfactant is driven by advances in surfactant and formulation technology coupled with an understanding that the health and growth potential of turfgrass is intimately tied to, and influenced by, rootzone performance.

The surfactant chemistries used in the Poseidon formulation blend have been selected to address the demand by turfgrass managers for a surfactant solution that will:

• Promote a more uniform movement of water (uniform wetting front) into and through the rootzone
• Provide consistent hydration and re-hydration to ensure turf is supplied with adequate water and nutrients
• Establish optimum air-to-water ratios

When incorporated within a comprehensive root zone management program, use of Poseidon unique surfactant chemistries will result in:

• Increased water use efficiency
• Uniform movement and availability of water, fertilizers and other water soluble materials into and throughout the rootzone
• Root zones with vastly improved air-to-water ratios
• Reduced moisture stress to turfgrass
• Prevention and treatment applications for localized dry spot and water repellent soils
• Improved drainage
• Improved turf resilience and stress tolerance
• Dew Suppression