We resumed mowing greens on Lakes and Orchard less than a week after DryJecting and the injection holes are barely visible. Another few days (hopefully we see the sun again) and the greens should be fully healed. Grove greens were DryJected on Monday and our plan is to mow them this weekend. We'll also start lowering the height of cut which will speed up the greens and improve ball roll.
Fairway core aerification was postponed once again due to the weather, and next week's forecast doesn't look good with a chance of rain every day. In preparation for aerifying fairways, we began topdressing this week using the large pile of sand in the back parking lot. We purchased 480 tons last fall and our goal was to topdress all the fairways prior to winter. That didn't happen with the record setting rainfall, so we're spreading it now. We maintain 40 acres of fairway so the 480 tons works out to 12 tons of sand per acre, per application. Our goal of topdressing twice per year will result in 24 tons of sand per acre, and when combined with core aerification the two processes will dilute and reduce the thatch that causes the fairways to be soft and spongy.
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| We began overseeding thin turf areas in the rough on Lakes this week. We're using Turf-Type Tall Fescue seed that is less susceptible to the Gray Leaf Spot fungus. |
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| The overseeder cuts a thin groove in the soil then drops seed into the groove. It will take 7-10 days for the seed to germinate. |
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| Topdressing sand on Orchard #1 fairway. |
Fairway topdressing in action.
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