Agronomy Department and Course Weekly Update
December 12, 2013
Nine days in a row of rain to start off December! The course was soaked with 3.85 inches of rain
over that nine day window. Between
washed out bunkers, wet fairways and weeds germinating, I am ready for some dry
days to attack course maintenance.
The maintenance staff was able to spray the Clubhouse, Tennis
facility and parking lots turf for weeds on Tuesday and Wednesday. We are starting to bulk spray the course on
Thursday on the holes that are dry enough to ride. The staff was also back pack spraying in areas
that are too wet and good deal of weed break through. Once the weeds are sprayed it will still take
time for the herbicide to completely kill off the weeds, since these cold temperatures
affect speed with which the plant metabolizes the herbicide.
With the high amount of rainfall, the greens were starting
to hold water and puddle, despite applying a wetting agent and using the
SubAir. So, on Tuesday and Wednesday we
used needle tines to open up small holes to allow water to infiltrate into the
canopy. We rolled the greens immediately afterwards and saw no disruption to
ball roll.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at kmacdonald@valleycrest.com and for
more information follow us on Twitter @stivescc_vcsup and the Blog: http://vcgmstivescountryclub.blogspot.com/
See y’all on the course,
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