In an effort to promote the bermudagrass growth we will be continuing the twice per week verticutting of the greens today. Some of the greens are doing quite well and the underlying bermuda is exactly where I would expect it to be while some are not where they should be ... most likely this is due to the fact we had to put down so much additional seed at the season's start thanks to the extremely hot weather that led to the Pythium outbreak at the end of Oct.
This verticutting process is more of a undertaking than most would realize. As members, mostly you get to see the finished product and do not see what it takes to get there and why do we need so much time? Well in verticutting the greens, first the greens are verticut; second another mower removes the bulk of the clippings from the green; third, two walking mowers mow the green, forth, one to two people blow the clipping surrounding the green and on the green itself. As you can see this process requires 6 - 8 people just to do what normally three team members do daily.
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