Starting on Monday the 3rd of May you will be seeing a crane out working on the well on 18. We are having issues with that well along with the other well on 6 and have a company coming out to repair the problems we are having. Over the next couple of weeks the crane and their crews will be for time to time on the property until the problems are fixed.
Starting tomorrow we will be starting the process of chemically removing the ryegrass. At first this will lead to weak and bare areas, however, the bermudagrass will fill in over the upcoming weeks leaving us a wonderful base for the next overseeding season.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Flush of Turfgrass Growth
With the increasing of the temperatures and retention of the cooler night time temps we are experiencing a flush in the growth of the turf. The warmer temperatures are perfect for the warm-season turf (bermudagrass) while the cooler night time temperatures are perfect for the cool-season turf (Poa Triv) thus allowing both turfs to grow aggressively at the same time.
We first noticed this flush of growth on this last Friday when the clipping yields increased from half a basket to three baskets per green. So what does this mean? Well it means that for a period of time until we can control the growth that the greed speeds will greatly decrease, maintenance practices will slow down due to increased clipping removal and overall playability will slightly decrease.
On Saturday we smooth rolled the greens and lowered the height of cut of the turf to 0.090 of a inch. The next day on Sunday we applied Primo (a growth regulator) to our greens, however, this will take about a week to take effect. On Monday we brought out the heavy roller onto the greens along with replacing all the bedknives of our mowers to improve the quality of the cut.
All of the things will help but we will not be able to address the problem until after the Tapestry when we can finally verticut and thin the turf. This flush of growth normally occurs in March, however, this year with the temperatures remaining cool in March this flush did not occur until now. This is normal and will be back to normal soon.
We first noticed this flush of growth on this last Friday when the clipping yields increased from half a basket to three baskets per green. So what does this mean? Well it means that for a period of time until we can control the growth that the greed speeds will greatly decrease, maintenance practices will slow down due to increased clipping removal and overall playability will slightly decrease.
On Saturday we smooth rolled the greens and lowered the height of cut of the turf to 0.090 of a inch. The next day on Sunday we applied Primo (a growth regulator) to our greens, however, this will take about a week to take effect. On Monday we brought out the heavy roller onto the greens along with replacing all the bedknives of our mowers to improve the quality of the cut.
All of the things will help but we will not be able to address the problem until after the Tapestry when we can finally verticut and thin the turf. This flush of growth normally occurs in March, however, this year with the temperatures remaining cool in March this flush did not occur until now. This is normal and will be back to normal soon.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
End of Season
With the final major event coming up this week the 09 - 10 season will come to a close ... or at least for the ryegrass season part.
Starting on the 23rd of April we will be verticutting the greens to removed the Poa Triv and promote the bermudagrass growth. And with May just around the corner we will start the chemical removal of the ryegrass around the golf course which will lead to a uglier golf course for a couple of weeks until the bermudagrass can fill back in these transitional areas. The good news is that we had a great bermudagrass base prior to overseeding thus this will speed the process.
May in general is "the button up" month. We will finish any projects we have started (such as the expansion of the irrigation system behind 14's green) and do some final tweaks to the bunkers that we re-designed last year. Our goal is to have everything completed by the first week of June so we can focus our limited staff into just maintaining a high quality golf course for our summer members and their guest.
I will keep you up to date on upcoming projects.
Starting on the 23rd of April we will be verticutting the greens to removed the Poa Triv and promote the bermudagrass growth. And with May just around the corner we will start the chemical removal of the ryegrass around the golf course which will lead to a uglier golf course for a couple of weeks until the bermudagrass can fill back in these transitional areas. The good news is that we had a great bermudagrass base prior to overseeding thus this will speed the process.
May in general is "the button up" month. We will finish any projects we have started (such as the expansion of the irrigation system behind 14's green) and do some final tweaks to the bunkers that we re-designed last year. Our goal is to have everything completed by the first week of June so we can focus our limited staff into just maintaining a high quality golf course for our summer members and their guest.
I will keep you up to date on upcoming projects.
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