We are continuing the wall-to-wall fertilization today starting on the front nine. We still have holes 1 - 4, 8, 9, 11 and 12 to finish on the golf course and the practice to complete. Putting down the fertilizer is the easy part, it is the watering in the product so as to not burn the turf which is the difficult part of the process. Considering the amount of irrigation heads that need to be turned on it takes 30 plus minutes to finish each hole ... and that needs to be finished before play starts.
This fertilization cost over $7,000 to complete at a rate of 0.66 lbs N per 1,000 sq ft. If we were to go at the normal full rate of 1.0 lb N per 1,000 sq ft this cost of application would be around $9,600 for just this one application. For this reason we solely focus on the fairways and tees most of the year, and limit our wall-to-wall application to only a couple times per year. This is why you see the roughs not as thick or lush as our fairways. I should further note that the cost of application doesn't include water, fuel or labor costs associated with the application.
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