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.
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