Fall Cultural Practices
Fall comes earlier in Ireland. Leaves are changing and falling, but temperatures are still warm and dry. Not that I'm complaining, but I associate fall with cool, crisp mornings and colorful leaves. On the golf course fall is a time for turf recovery. This is done through aerification. Fall aerification gets the grass ready for the winter months by opening up the root zone to allow air and water to reach the roots and encourage root growth. One of the drawbacks to school is that I have always missed the large greens aeration project. This was going to be the year I saw first hand what goes into aerating and topdressing the greens. Then the course was sold to new owners in the summer. As mentioned in my previous blog this has be nixed from the budget.
As disappointed as I am this means there will be different approach to work on the greens. Since the greens have not looked very great all summer having blotches all over the green, Aidan decided to HydroJect the greens. This is a very slow process, but necessary to open the soil for air and water movement. A positive impact of the HydroJect is that the greens have little disruption to the surface so play can stay on course. Also Aidan said that topdressing cannot be done to the greens because the course is not able to shut down for the time necessary to complete the work.
HydroJecting Greens
Blotching on Greens
Problem Area on Green
Collecting Cores off Tees
Nice Specimen
A quick video I found on the HydroJect.
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