Greens,Greens,Greens

Our greens are mostly all the blog topics lately because we are dealing with wanting perfect putting greens year round. As far as the golf course goes it is very healthy right now. We are realistically a few months away from our growing season changing from promoting warm season grass growth to cool season grass growth. Our greens are all cool season grass. We every year go thru pretty much the same thing with our greens. Spring and Summer = more growth, slower speeds, more attention to spot watering, etc. Fall and Winter = Hardly any growth, quicker speeds, less watering, etc. Its a trend that has always been the same, except for when mother nature periodically changes. Rain, wind, frost, etc. Why we do the things we do is based upon growth curve. If you take a look at the picture below it shows everything. The more aggressive we are with getting our greens quicker, and firmer in the summer leads to many cultural practices performed hence the lack of root growth. The reason why we have more growth in the summer is because the plant is harvesting more energy hence its stressing itself out leading to less root growth. We want healthy turf and at the same time fast and firm greens. "Oxymoron"? With that our greens were precisely stimped at 8:30 a.m. rolling 9.5 feet. Lastly for you that read the blog tell anyone and everyone about it. Its is important to get the word out there about are daily conditions and what we are dealing with on the golf course.