Thursday, February 13, 2014

Spiking Greens, Trimming Tree, Killing Poa ... On My

Grass is Looking Great
Even with all the challenges we experienced the season and during overseed everything has come together.  Last week we tilled the bunkers allowing better playability and now are getting the details all touched up.
Green Patch in Back is Poa Annua
With this year not overseeding the driving range floor we discovered just how much Poa Annua we really have.  Over the past couple of weeks we have been spray this areas in an attempt to reduce the population.  Tomorrow we will be spraying 4's nursery which will lead to that out of the normal play area to die including the ryegrass.
2 Minutes of Water - Yuck
The last couple of days we have also been spiking the greens to increase the water movement.  This is a normal process on push up greens such as what we have here at Avondale, but starting soon we also will be needle tining the greens to further improve the percolation.  This is why the greens appear to be wet in the morning even though we have had the irrigation off of them for days.
Trimming Trees to Allow Light Penetration
Also the last couple of days we have trimmed several trees around problematic greens that experience massive shade issues.  This will help now and in transition.

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