Not all green is good green ... sounds strange doesn't it? In the picture you see above if you double click this picture it will expand so you see what I see. This picture of 7's fairway was taken yesterday and from a distant looks great. If you look further you will notice two different colors -- light green (bermuda) and darker green (ryegrass).
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| The Above Darker Ryegrass Will Die |
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| And will Turn Into This |
What does this means? and who cares ... it is green. This means that at the end of July there is still 40% ryegrass that hasn't died back yet ... but still will over the next two months, thus the course will never fully fill back in. Second, the water requirements to keep the ryegrass alive is almost twice that of bermudagrass therefore thousands more are being spent in irrigation costs. Last, but not least, that any turf grown from now to overseed will not survive next summer thus over time the fairways, tees and roughs become weaker and weaker until they can't recover without sodding help.
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| 4's Fairway 7-30-12 (This Year) |
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| 4's Fairway 7-26-11 (Last Year) |
Above pictures are of 4's fairway this year compared to last year ... this year the fairway is weaker. So remember all green is not good except when it comes to money. Weeds, ryegrass and other greens things lead to weaker turf in the long run and cost more in water, labor and materials to maintain.
Side note: We are starting the aerification of the nurseries, small putting green and the chipping greens today. This is so they will recover in time for the aerification in August.
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