This past Tuesday the greens department completed aerification of all the putting greens. We didn't pull cores as we had originally planned because the weather forecast looked like it would be quite wet. As it turned out it didn't rain and we would have been fine to pull cores but hindsight is 20/20. So, instead we used 3/4" solid tines and aerated to a depth of 4". We topdressed the greens prior to aerating them, once the sand was dry they were brushed and rolled which was followed by an application of granular fertilizer. A few days before aeration I made a liquid fertilizer application that helps to get the turf growing laterally for faster aeration recovery. I was quite impressed with the speed at which the holes closed, three days after aeration I would estimate 75% of the holes were completely closed.
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| This is 3 days post aerification |
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| This is 7 days post aerification |
