The weather plays a significant role in everything we do in turf maintenance, snow, ice, rain, heat, humidity, evapotranspiration, etc. We have been in a a very dry spell currently going 18 days without measurable rainfall with above normal temperatures. The month of April 2014 saw 5.78 inches of rain at MGC versus 1.38 inches in 2015. The warm weather has helped with turf growth while some wilt is present on knobs and in areas of the fairways and rough with weak irrigation. We use wetting agents on all the short grass to help retain water in a uniform profile and use wetting agent pellets in a hose applicator for spot watering the rough. The seed we planted in the fairway ice damage spots has germinated but will take some time to establish and fill in those areas.
We are using a lab to conduct tissue testing of the greens on bi-weekly basis this season. So what right? It's actually pretty interesting. Any of you that garden or manage your home lawn have most likely had a soil test analyzed as we do on the course routinely. Tissues testing analyzes what nutrients are in the clippings from the greens, thus tell us what nutrients the turf is actually using or deficient in. We then base our foliar fertilizer applications on those results instead of a standard program only providing needed nutrients in exact quantities. I continue to update you on this new program at MGC as the season progresses.
Lastly I want to wish all the mom's at MGC a Happy Mother's Day from grounds staff.
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| Spring finally arriving on the 2nd hole |
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