Monday, June 23, 2014

Maintenance Day

Today is a very busy maintenance day on the course.  We are venting or aerifing the greens with 1/4 inch tines.

This allows water and air to get down to the roots, this will help the grass plants to better handle the stresses of our summer weather conditions. 

We are also verticutting and aerifing the fairways.

The verticutting reduces the thatch that builds up in the kikuyu, and will create a tighter and healthier grass plant.  We will verticut the fairways again an about a month. 
The aerifing of the fairways will reduce compaction and allow water to better penetrate the soil, reducing dry spots. 
 
The greens will be finished today, but the fairways will take most of the week to complete.  We will restrict the carts to the path this week to allow the fairways to heal better.  Please bear with us for this busy week as these procedures will improve the health of the golf course and improve playing conditions thoughout the year.