Spring Aeration

We aerated the greens this past Thursday using 5/8” hollow tines at the tightest spacing on our Pro-Core 648. We had originally intended to aerate on Monday but with the forecast calling for 2-3” of rain we decided move it up and we are glad we did. The day went off without a hitch and we were able to get all greens aerated, cleaned up, topdressed, brushed, and rolled by about 3:00 pm. We will use some of the cores collected to fill in our greens nursery and will be seeded using Declaration bentgrass. With any luck the weather will begin to cooperate allowing for the soil temps to come up and close the aeration holes in 10-14 days. On Tuesday we dryjected the greens using Profile. The process is pretty simple but incredibly effective. Basically a machine using our irrigation water shoots  Profile which is a ceramic, porous material into the soil at about 3,000 PSI creating channels up to 5” deep. These channels allow for improved drainage, increases porosity, better nutrient holding capacity, and reduced compaction. After a green is dryjected, we brush and roll it and it’s ready for play again with minimal disruption.