Agronomy Department and Course Weekly Update

January 8, 2014

 A few bullet points this week:

The landscaping on 7 Green and 8 Tee has been completed and we are moving to Holes 15 and 16 this week. Due to the cold snap, we were unable to install any plant material earlier in the week. We will be marking install locations on Wednesday and begin installation on Thursday.

The covers will be removed from the greens tomorrow morning in front of play. Kevin Dunn, Asst Superintendent, will take 6 inch plug samples from the 4 greens and bring them into the shop. By collecting a few samples we can keep them in a greenhouse environment and give us a head start on determining if we had any damage from the record low temperatures.

Once the ground thaws in the fairways and roughs we will continue our weed control program. In these extreme temperatures even the weeds shut down and do not absorb any herbicide.

 

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,