As the summer comes in so does the fairy ring on the greens. This does not kill the bermudagrass but for sure wipes out the Poa Triv. Other than looking bad and producing mushrooms, fairy ring poses no long term harm to the green; however, with that being said we will be treating it during the aerification which allows the chemical to penetrate deeply into the profile.
The purple nutsedge is coming back especially around a few greens. As many of you know purple nutsedge is considered to be the world's worse weed and due to the high number of underground nutlets each plant produces quite difficult to control. Over the past 5 years we have gotten our nutsedge population down from in excess of 40 acres to less than 3 total acres. We have had a very aggressive program and starting next week we will be starting it up again. I should note that the same herbicide that kills the sedge also kills the ryegrass; however, the bermuda is not affected at all. This will lead to some weak areas at first but they should recovery nicely soon after.
The palms around the golf course are NOT going to be trimming again this year in a effort to save thousands of dollars. That being said we will trim the date palms and select few solely around the clubhouse. That trimming will be done during the aerification.
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