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Aeration week
Aerating greens to remove thatch, incorporate sand and provide a better root zone for the bent grass roots Aeration number 2 green Holes once they have been filled with sand Using back pack blowers...
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February task
Putting out some herbicide for post control of winter weeds and pre emergent weed control for spring and summer control. Adding some fertilizer to the ryegrass fairways to get them ready for the spring...
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May Greens Aeration
Deep tines that are 1/2 inch in diameter are used to created long channels for healthy root growth. Quad tine using 1/2 inch holes are used the aerate the greens to remove thatch and create space for...
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Greens
Greens are recovery well and have been rolled for several days. We will perform our first mowing after 5 days. Greens being mowed after 5 days Small amounts of sand is brought back to the putting...
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Bermuda Aeration
Fairways, tees amd approaches have also been aerated to aid with rye grass transition and promote healthy bermudagrass Using the sweeper to collect cores from the playing areas Here is a good...
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Few Pictures from around the course
8 tee and 7 green complexFew of our wildlife friendsView of hole #3View of 14 from the forward tees
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Drone use for Maintenance Surveying
I got a drone to use through-out the maintenance department to help with surveying areas around the course, picture, scouting for drought, traffic, disease pressure, shade line(tree management). I am...
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Bunker liner repairs
We have spent the last couple of weeks repairing bunker liners in several bunkers. This is a timely process but the liners do help with reducing contaminants and help prevent washouts.
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Rye overseeding to the fairways
Picture show rye seed on top of the playing surface. With several irrigation cycles the seed will fall into the canopy which will help to protect the young seedlingsSeveral light irrigation cycle will...
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Networking for the golf industry
Representing at the Agricultural Business Banquent in Richmond On behalf of the Virginias Golf Course Superintendents Association. We were able to have some conversations with Congressman Dave Brat...
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February tasks
We have added several tarps to teeing areas at 9 and 10 tees to do some testing for winter survival and hopefully more protection from the winter low temps and wind from drying them out. We really...
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February Task 2
Here is a big pile of tree debris from all the tree work we did around the golf course. Staging it to burn so we can make more room for storage.Here are a few pictures illustrating the deep edging of...
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Bunker depth corrections
Over the last week and a half the staff has been working in the bunkers to fix torn liners, correct sand depths throughout each bunker. New sand has been added where needed. Francisco showing me that...
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Member Guest Weekend
The staff has done and excellent job this spring with the tasks to get the course ready for the spring golf season. Here are some picture from this past weekends member guest the help share their hard...
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Aeration to Collars and Tee
Aeration to Bermuda grass collars and approaches. We perform this task to help Alivate compaction, help with drainage and thatch control.Aeration performed on all tee surfacesAseil picking up the plugs...
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Greens and Tees
Along with aeration to the teeing surface we also go back and incorporate an aggressive verticutting and sand topdressing. Verticutting is a process which allows us to remove excess thatch (spongy...
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Greens aeration went well! First we had an outside contractor come in to perform a deep tine aeration to the depth of 10 inches. This process helps to allow for an overall better profile for the...
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Dual drop seeders is the way we over-seed fairways here at the Foundry. 150 lbs/ two directions. We will perform another light coating of 50 lbs per acre in about a month. This will give us a chance...
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The irrigation Contractors have started installing the lateral lines and installing the new irrigation heads. The lateral lines are HDPE Piping. all the connections are fused together by heating and...
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Winter work
Over the last two months the weather has been warm to allow the staff to get a head start on some projects and continue with tree removal to help the Bermuda grass have the best chance for growth....
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Irrigation renovation
The Irrigation renovation is under way! Close to 30 years of the original irrigation system and the time has come to replace it. The heads, fittings and pipe are past the expected life span. The new...
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Thatch Dilution
During the first part of March we did a few solid tine cultural practices to the greens. We first topdressed greens with sand to 1/2 ton per 1000ft2. Second we solid greens with a 1/2 inch solid tine...
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Aeration to greens
All greens were aerated with 1/2 inch hollow tines to a depth of 2.5 inches at a 1 inch spacing. All plugs collected and removed from greens. Removing plugs to get ready for sand.Brushing and blowing...
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This week has been a busy week to get some things accomplished while the course was closed. We solid tine the greens to create air/oxygen to get into the root zones. This will help to create a...
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