Aerification 2013 Update (2)

Last Sunday the staff came in and aerified 1-11 so we would be ready to push the plugs Monday morning. That evening it rained heavily and over the next 3 days it rained a total of 5.5". We were finally able to resume the cleanup process on Thusday. Our goal is to aerify the remaining greens and topdress all by Monday afternoon. I'll update early next week on our progress.

Removing plugs from #3

Aerification 2013 Update

A dry week allowed us to accomplish a significant amount of work. Greens were aerified 2 directions on a 2"x 2.25" spacing using .660" tines which impacted 15.34% of the surface area. Following the coring they were cleaned off, rolled several times, fertilized, topdressed, brushed and rolled again.

The International Sports turf Research Center, Inc.(the company that performs our physical soil property testing), along with the U.S.G.A. recommends impacting at least 20% of the surface area per year for our grass type and climate.

Yesterday we were able to begin aerify the greens for a second time. Holes 1-9 and the practice were completed and ready for clean up this morning. Unfortunately we received 2.60" of rain that has halted our progress for now. We will need a couple of dry days before we can resume with greens aerification.

Fairways 1-8 have been core aerified, with 1-6 being cleaned up, verticut and mowed. We will resume when they dry out. Below are pictures from last week.

Check back for an update at the end of this week.

First direction on #18

.660 cores

Prior to sand

 

Rolling following topdressing

New fairway aerifier in action #5 

Verticutting plugs in #1

Aerification 2013

We began aerifying greens yesterday following the Jr. tourney.It will take several more days to complete the process, then we will do all over again next week. I'll provide an update with picture and details later in the week.