I apologize for the lack of updates over the last few weeks. My camera grew legs and walked away, so I have not had the ability to post pictures. Fortunately we have not had anything of great importance to document. However we do have a few things going on now that will be posted shortly. I have replaced the camera and will begin updating much more frequently.
Thanks and see you soon!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Fairway Aerification
Thursday and Friday we Aerified the fairways.
The process is a little less complicated as aerifying greens but still very labor intensive, and quite important too!
Here is Jose aerifying the fairways.
After the rough unit breaks them up we follow behind with the fairway unit to grind them even further. Here is Cande at work.
The process is a little less complicated as aerifying greens but still very labor intensive, and quite important too!
Here is Jose aerifying the fairways.
Once the cores dry enough we run over them with our rough unit to break them up. Here is Paul creating a dust storm.
This process takes a couple of days and can be very messy if weather does not cooperate. It is also very hard on our mowers, much time will be spent grinding and sharpening all of our blades next week!.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Verticut/aerify 6.7.11 with Pictures added 6.8.11
Today we are verticuting and aerifying our greens.
Since my camera has gone missing earlier this week I have had to borrow one to record today's work, however I do not have the proper cord/software to down load the pictures yet. I will to night or tomorrow.
Until then Here is the exact procedure. We began on the back nine.
1. We verticut the greens in two directions. This is a slow process, Andy started last night at 6:00pm and was able to finish 7 greens by 9:00pm. I arrived this morning at 4:00am to finish the last two on the back nine before my crew arrived. Jose will continue for most of the day hopefully finishing the front side by this afternoon.
2. After verticuting we mow the greens at our regular height.
3. We then top dress the greens heavily.
4. Organic fertilizer comes next.
5 Then we aerify the green. We are pulling cores out of the green at a diameter of 1/2 inch. The hole left is slightly bigger. It is about 3-4 inches deep.
6. After these cores dry I will drag them in with a large metal mat. This mat will break up the plugs and smooth the surface.
7. Once these plugs are broken up and the plant tissue is separated from the soil we then blow all the left over debris of of the surface leaving sand and soil.
8. A stiff brush comes next. This brush will helps move the Organic Fertilizer, the sand and the soil all int the turf canopy and into the aerification holes.
9. More fertilizer. Then a good watering.
10. When dry, we then drag the greens with a cocoa mat. This mat is a heavy carpet and smooths the surface.
11. Finally we roll the greens.
We will not mow for one or two days, when we begin to mow again we will start at a higher height and quickly come back down.
Next Monday we will follow up with another verticuting, this helps insure the recovery is consistent and helps to regulate the grain since the plants will be growing very quickly.
All in all the greens should be near a 100% recovered two weeks from today.
I will post pictures of each step soon! Thanks.
Since my camera has gone missing earlier this week I have had to borrow one to record today's work, however I do not have the proper cord/software to down load the pictures yet. I will to night or tomorrow.
Until then Here is the exact procedure. We began on the back nine.
1. We verticut the greens in two directions. This is a slow process, Andy started last night at 6:00pm and was able to finish 7 greens by 9:00pm. I arrived this morning at 4:00am to finish the last two on the back nine before my crew arrived. Jose will continue for most of the day hopefully finishing the front side by this afternoon.
2. After verticuting we mow the greens at our regular height.
3. We then top dress the greens heavily.
4. Organic fertilizer comes next.
5 Then we aerify the green. We are pulling cores out of the green at a diameter of 1/2 inch. The hole left is slightly bigger. It is about 3-4 inches deep.
6. After these cores dry I will drag them in with a large metal mat. This mat will break up the plugs and smooth the surface.
7. Once these plugs are broken up and the plant tissue is separated from the soil we then blow all the left over debris of of the surface leaving sand and soil.
8. A stiff brush comes next. This brush will helps move the Organic Fertilizer, the sand and the soil all int the turf canopy and into the aerification holes.
9. More fertilizer. Then a good watering.
10. When dry, we then drag the greens with a cocoa mat. This mat is a heavy carpet and smooths the surface.
11. Finally we roll the greens.
We will not mow for one or two days, when we begin to mow again we will start at a higher height and quickly come back down.
Next Monday we will follow up with another verticuting, this helps insure the recovery is consistent and helps to regulate the grain since the plants will be growing very quickly.
All in all the greens should be near a 100% recovered two weeks from today.
I will post pictures of each step soon! Thanks.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Aerification Week
We will be aerifying Greens Tuesday and Wednesday of this coming week. The course will be closed Tuesday, 9 holes will be open Wednesday and everything will be done and open by Thursday morning. Thursday we will begin Aerifying fairways. During this process we may have to close a hole or two at a time to allow work to be completed. Thanks for the understanding. I will keep everyone update as to our progress next week!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Water transfer
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