As noted in our Twitter feed we will be applying a wetting agent to some of our fairways this morning. A wetting agent is a soil "conditioner" that aids in the penetration of water into the soil profile, therefore making the water "plant available". Localized Dry Spot (LDS) is a condition that is very prominent in turfgrass soils. This condition happens when the sand or soil particles repell water to a point that the turfgrass wilts and could eventually go dormant or die. Applying these wetting agents helps to maintain a healthy amount of moisture in the profile. To apply these products we try to be sure that the soil is moist so that the product can move into the ground evenly. We also are required to water in the product as it does us no good sitting on top of the turfgrass. So with this I will remind our members that throughout this morning we will be running the occasional fairway and approach sprinklers. You may find that some of our fairways are a little softer than normal today. We will do our best to have this task completed in a timely manner. As always we appreciate our members understanding as we work towards making HCC the best conditioned golf course possible.
A week has passed since our annual spring greens aeration. We have had a mixed bag of weather, hot, dry, cold, wet and even frost! These conditions make it challenging to aid in healing, but with the more recent consistent warm temperatures we are seeing solid recovery. We were fortunate to have decent weather to complete the process on time, allowing us to fill all the holes created by the 1/2” hollow tines. As there are some minor depressions within some of the holes we will be beginning our bi-weekly topdressing program early next week. Our team is mowing and rolling our greens daily, while slowly lowering our height of cut to our summer norm. We all know that spring cultural practices are not popular among golfers, but these all important tasks are the building blocks for high performance greens conditions throughout the heart of the golf season. Check out this video produced by the USGA on Aerations effect on putting...
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