Today, the temperatures are going to exceed 115 degrees and summer has finally arrived to Avondale. Due to the cooler temperatures in May and June transition from ryegrass to bermudagrass has been greatly reduced thus leading to a very slow and bad transition. For the first time since converting to bermudagrass greens with are experiencing a "spotty" transition of their surface.
Every year we always have an area or two on the greens that require extra attention; however, this year we have a couple of greens that will struggle a couple of weeks due to the timing of the transition. The worst of the greens is 6, followed by 8 and 12. So what are we doing to address these issues? Well besides of course aerification which finally removed the remaining Poa Triv we are verticutting the greens twice per week, fertilizing twice per week (once foliar, once granular) and repairing bad areas that have limited turf in them.
As to date we haven't seen any runners (the stolons that run on the surface of the soil from the internode of the plant) but with the temperatures increasing we should be seeing them within a week. With the verticutting and fertilizations recovery of the greens will be with two to three weeks. Now green speed will take a bit longer to to recover due to the same reasons we are getting them to recover.
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