Filling In!





#1 Fairway



As we continue to aerify fairways the bermudagrass is continuing to come alive and filling in the thin spots more and more each day.  Today we spot aerifed #14 fairway as well as the landing areas in fairways #1 and #2.  We continue to fertilize these areas at 1.5 pounds of nitrogen per 1,000 sq. ft.



#2 Fairway

Today we also fertilized the green surrounds with a granular product at about 1.25 pounds of nitrogen per 1,000  sq. ft.  Nitrogen is one of 3 macronutrients essential for plant health and is responsible for cell division and chlorophyll synthesis which promotes growth and green color.  This should help us accelerate plant growth a little more helping us fill in the thin areas.  We will be fertilizing tee surrounds next.

Fertilizing #14 Green Surround

Practice Area

We continue work on our IPM (Integrated Pest Management) program fighting weeds, disease and insects both culturally and chemically.  We are currently treating crabgrass and spurge in fairways and rough, and moss on the greens with much success.  I plan the make a fungicide application on greens Thursday morning to treat some of the dollar spot disease that has been popping up with a contact fungicide which will clean us up.  I will then follow up with a systemic application to give us some protection from any new cultures trying to establish.  We are also treating fire ants as they surface and start mounding as well as scouting for mosquitoes, rove beetles, white grubs and cut worms.