Does anyone else think Mother Nature is being a tease? It seems as if the weather we had over the weekend is behind us and we are back to being stuck in the cold. With the couple of nice days we had last week, we were able to get a jump on the aerification process. Tees and approaches were both core aerified, plugs picked up, and blown off. The approaches were then topdressed and the sand was brushed into the holes. Here are a couple pictures from the process:
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| The idea of aerifing is to remove the "bad stuff" (thatch) and to replace is with new sand. This will increase root growth, gas exchange, and water movement through the profile. |
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| The crew blowing the plugs off of #16 approach. |
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| The plugs were blown into piles then picked up and removed. |
We will begin aerifing fairways this week. A solid tine will be used making the clean up process much faster. Lets hope Mother Nature decides to cooperate so we can all get out and finally play some golf.
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