Winter Coat
The golf course greens have donned their winter coat for the remainder of the year. We stopped mowing greens in early November to better prepare them for the upcoming winter. Raising the mowing height on the greens helps preserve carbohydrate reserves and protects the plant from cold temperatures.
We have started a new greens cultivation procedure in early November. We apply a generous amount of sand to the greens then pound the sand in with our green aerator. The solid tines also promotes favorable oxygen exchange into the soil profile. The sand is left on the greens as to better protect the crown of the plant during the winter. This doesn't make for an ideal putting surface but this late in the year if only disrupts a few members who continue to play.
Next year I will make a better effort to communicate to the membership when our aeration dates will be and it will be posted on the LCC members calendar. Again id like to apologize for the disruption to the members that day as it was a perfect day to play golf.... but it was also a perfect day to apply sand on the greens.
I have started to reclaim old putting surfaces on 1,3,5,6. The collars were scalped down and will require some work next spring in order to make them playable. I will most likely need to seed these areas and nurture them along before they perform like a putting green. These areas will allow us new areas to place cups and provide the members some different putting perspectives.
The maintenance staff has left for the season. I appreciate all the wonderful comments regarding course conditioning. It was a very long season and im looking forward to attending turfgrass seminars and getting a chance to recharge the batteries for next year. Ill see you out in the fairways next April!
We have started a new greens cultivation procedure in early November. We apply a generous amount of sand to the greens then pound the sand in with our green aerator. The solid tines also promotes favorable oxygen exchange into the soil profile. The sand is left on the greens as to better protect the crown of the plant during the winter. This doesn't make for an ideal putting surface but this late in the year if only disrupts a few members who continue to play.
Next year I will make a better effort to communicate to the membership when our aeration dates will be and it will be posted on the LCC members calendar. Again id like to apologize for the disruption to the members that day as it was a perfect day to play golf.... but it was also a perfect day to apply sand on the greens.
I have started to reclaim old putting surfaces on 1,3,5,6. The collars were scalped down and will require some work next spring in order to make them playable. I will most likely need to seed these areas and nurture them along before they perform like a putting green. These areas will allow us new areas to place cups and provide the members some different putting perspectives.
The maintenance staff has left for the season. I appreciate all the wonderful comments regarding course conditioning. It was a very long season and im looking forward to attending turfgrass seminars and getting a chance to recharge the batteries for next year. Ill see you out in the fairways next April!
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