Summer time seems to be coming to an end! The mornings are much cooler and those triple digit temperatures seem to be history although we did have some pretty warm days, we were blessed with several days of unanticipated rainfall that kept our golf course green and growing through a time when it is usually very hot and very dry! When considering turf health, the course is probably as strong as its been in years! This will definitely help going into the upcoming winter months!
We are not done growing grass by any means, but we will soon start getting the course ready for those cooler temperatures. Coming up on September 11th and 12th we will be aerifying greens. This is one of those necessary evils that must take place in order to build a deeper root system and a stronger plant in order to survive the winter months. We will also be applying our fall pre-emergent herbicide to help prevent those winter weeds from popping up once everything is dormant.
Josh Thompson