Weeds Fairways and Greens!

This year has been extremely mild and a little wet. This is the perfect combination for winter weeds. We have already sprayed the fairways and will be spraying the Tee complexes and the Green complexes as the wet weather allows. Once sprayed it will take a week or two for the weeds to die completely. This is because the cooler temperatures slow the movement of chemicals through the plant.

Our Greens have more Poa in them than in recent years. This is because of the warmer weather we have had this season. I normally begin spraying the Greens for Poa right after we paint, but we have not been able to spray the herbicide yet! We have not had a real cold snap to cool the soil temperatures enough for the Champion Turf to go completely dormant. Spraying the turf with a herbicide while in a state of partial dormancy can be ddangerous. We have a cold front coming in this week, I am going to spray the greens directly after our next heavy frost. Probably Thursday morning. That way I know that we will have no damage to the Greens.

Here are some Pictures of Andy spraying the Fairways with Herbicide last week.