This past week Tom aerified our chipping green as a test for our summer aerification on the greens. We will finally be aerifying our green this coming July 16-18. After a little over 3 1/2 years we are finally seeing some evidence that aerification is necessary to keep our greens in the best condition possible. With the ever present threat of poa annua invading our bentgrass greens, we are waiting until July as less seed heads should be present. Here are a couple pictures of the process and the final product.
We went ahead and added some new seed after the holes were almost filled. We didn't really need to as we have a pretty good stand of bentgrass but we wanted to see what would happen as the seed started to grow and if it would have any affect on playability.
- Posted by Austin Daniells, Golf Course Superintendent
