Agronomy Department and Course Weekly Update

March 6, 2014

Here are a few bullet points from this week down at the Agronomy Department.

The greens were lightly top dressed and brushed on Monday. This will help fill in unrepaired ball marks, reduce thatch accumulation and firm/smooth the greens surface. During the early spring this will be a bi weekly application and transition into a weekly application once the greens are actively growing. The sand will be applied at an extremely light rate, brushed and watered to minimize any negative impacts on your golfing experience.

We are getting close to finishing our PreEmergent application; it is frustrating applying this during the late winter. This should be a 5 day application that always turns into a 4 week process; it is too wet, windy, cold or raining to get the sprayer out on the course. However, we plan for the uncertainties of mother nature and start early so we can hit our timing window.

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,

Kyle Macdonald, GCS, Class A