Agronomy Department and Course Weekly Update
February 9, 2016
With the ice cold wind biting
my face and a steady falling snow, it was easy to sneak away and type this
Weekly Update! Yesterday the team pulled covers over the greens in front of
this advancing arctic front. The forecast calls for high winds, light snow and
extremely low wind chills. It appears the covers will be in place until
Thursday morning; however, we will monitor the forecast and will communicate
any changes to the Proshop and Membership. As always, when the greens are
covered, we have temporary greens available for play.
With the greens being covered
for a part of the week, the staff has plenty of projects to keep busy. Leaf
removal on #1, #12, main drive and parking lots, under brushing on #11 and #13,
laying pine straw under recently trimmed Miscanthis grasses and dredging #12
water feature. On Monday, we finished the sod work left of #15 cart path and
are eagerly awaiting the Pink Muhley Grass to finish the project, I believe
this project provides drastic improvement. We also completed our Pre-Post
emergent application! This is one of the most frustrating applications we apply
each year due to the weather. It typically takes a month to complete because we
are battling wet turf and low temperatures. However, we completed it this year
in 26 days, which is hard to believe considering the amount of rain that fell.
If you have any questions,
please feel free to email me at kmacdonald@valleycrest.com
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See you on the course,
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