Monthly update

This list is the cultural practices that were implemented for the month of August. 1.Verticut- 8 times 2.Top dress- 2 times 3.Growth regulator- 2 times 4.Venting- 1 time 5.Rolling 6 times #8 green was stimped today at precisely 10:00 a.m. rolling 9.3 feet.

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.

A much needed rain

Yesterday we had almost .50"inch of rain within a two hour period later in the afternoon. It was heavy at times and with that there was some minor clean up with storm drains, bridges, debris, etc. It also led to some soggy lies in fairways. Are prediction is that the golf course will be back to normal by mid morning Friday. Hopefully you have read this far into the blog because here is the best part. In the four days so far this week we have mowed our greens 6 times, verticut 2 times, and rolled all four days. Even with the rainfall they were stimped at precisely 10:45 a.m. rolling 9.7 feet. The fastest we have had them all summer so far. Expect an increase in green speeds as we cool down and approach fall.

fallen limb

On Wednesday afternoon a large limb broke off from the eucalyptus tree adjacent to the 18th fairway. What caused this is the natural pruning it does to itself. Unless we prune ahead of time this will happen when the limb has to much weight. We are removing the fallen limb by this afternoon. Lastly our greens were stimped at precisely 9:00 a.m. yesterday rolling 9.1 feet. Today they were stimped at precisely 8:00 a.m. rolling 9.2 feet.

So far this week

So far this week we have top dress and verticut one time each on our greens. With that are greens were stimped at precisely 8:30 a.m. rolling 9.5 feet. We also will be topdressing once again after lunch to increase smoothness, firmness, and speed.

Green speed

Our greens are turning the corner with some increase in speeds. We always stimp them in the morning right after mowing. This is always when the greens will be the fastest due to excessive growth throughout the day during our warm summer months. Earlier this month we were getting stimp readings around 9 feet. Last week was low 9's and this week they were stimped at precisely 8:00 a.m. rolling 9.6 feet. But just at 12p.m. they already had slowed down to 9.2 feet.

Monthly update

This list is the cultural practices that were implemented for the month of July. 1.Verticut- 11 times 2.Top dress- 2 times 3.Growth regulator- 2 times 4.Venting- 1 time 5. 13 times