Agronomy Department and Course Weekly Update

April 9, 2014

We had no major damage after 3.5” of rain Sunday night and all day Monday.  The Course was like a swamp Tuesday and now it is starting to dry up with the sun shining and wind blowing.  As long as we don’t get any more rain this week we will be 90 degrees for the rest of the week.  

We don’t have any big projects happening on the Golf Course this week, just basic maintenance practices.  One item the Membership should be brought up to speed on is topdressing of the TifGrand collars.  We have seen the trench line from the fumigation covers begin to settle this winter.  Now is the time to get out and fill these areas with topdressing sand.  It will take a couple of applications of sand to get them perfect, a short-term inconvenience for long-term gains.  

The bulk fertilizer spread was canceled on Monday due to rain and flooding.  We are working on booking a new date to get out the first application to encourage spring green up.

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