Dethatching and Venting Greens
Monday July 11 the LCC maintenance team will be lightly dethatching the greens. In addition we will be venting the soil profile with a solid needle tine. This will be followed by a light topdressing which will be dragged into the turf canopy.
Typically we perform this procedure in mid June but we were experiencing severe drought conditions last month and the greens were not healthy enough to withstand this stressful event. The greens are very healthy now yet not as firm as I would like them to be. The sand will smooth out the playing surface and help firm them up for our upcoming member guest events.
Venting the greens is a procedure to release detrimental gases and replace with beneficial oxygen into the soil profile. This will also aid in root development and help water penetrate the soil profile. This non invasive cultural practice has tremendous health benefits when soil profiles get too wet and too warm.
I realize that many of my posts describe the negative impacts of thatch and what we need to do maintain acceptable levels. The cultural practice tomorrow is aimed at maintaining the thatch level in our greens. Enclosed in the link below is a update from the UMASS describing how thatch is detrimental to growing turfgrass and what to expect if left unchecked.
https://ag.umass.edu/management-updates-jun-30-2016
The golf course is in really good shape since the arrival of some timely rain the last two weeks. I expect the greens to be in great shape by Friday. Ill be rolling greens everyday to smooth them out. Once the greens heal over they should be much firmer and rolling pretty quick.
See you out in the fairways!
Typically we perform this procedure in mid June but we were experiencing severe drought conditions last month and the greens were not healthy enough to withstand this stressful event. The greens are very healthy now yet not as firm as I would like them to be. The sand will smooth out the playing surface and help firm them up for our upcoming member guest events.
Venting the greens is a procedure to release detrimental gases and replace with beneficial oxygen into the soil profile. This will also aid in root development and help water penetrate the soil profile. This non invasive cultural practice has tremendous health benefits when soil profiles get too wet and too warm.
I realize that many of my posts describe the negative impacts of thatch and what we need to do maintain acceptable levels. The cultural practice tomorrow is aimed at maintaining the thatch level in our greens. Enclosed in the link below is a update from the UMASS describing how thatch is detrimental to growing turfgrass and what to expect if left unchecked.
https://ag.umass.edu/management-updates-jun-30-2016
The golf course is in really good shape since the arrival of some timely rain the last two weeks. I expect the greens to be in great shape by Friday. Ill be rolling greens everyday to smooth them out. Once the greens heal over they should be much firmer and rolling pretty quick.
See you out in the fairways!
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