Divot Project & Frost

Week 3 -- Closing In But Not Recovered

This is the third week after starting this divot project to see if the color of the sand or if seed was added would aid in the quicker recovery of the divots around the course.  As you can see by the picture green sand with seed (top picture) or without did not speed the recovery of the divot.  Same is true about the 50/50 mix tests. 

The bermudagrass itself is starting to finally come through the divot but to date no seed has germinated ... which is kind of what I expected.  To get seed to quickly germinate additional irrigation inputs must be done to keep the seed moist ... our regular irrigation cycle isn't enough to help in this process.  We will continue to monitor the progress and report our findings.

Frost again? ... yes indeed.  This morning the front nine holes were heavily frosted again ... and in March with the temperatures at 45 degrees.  The good news is that a warming trend is in our forecast.

Got back for the GCSAA seminars and trade show last night.  I have some valuable information to pass on to the Green Committee and learned some ways to better address our bunker issues.  Additionally, I have some new rakes coming that may address the difficulties they we face in the morning with our wet blow sand bunkers.  More to come.