Spray fairways, grub control, growth regulator and fertilizer

We spray our greens, fairways, tees, green surrounds and 1 pass into the rough with a grub control product each season.  This reduces the impact that various species of grubs can have on our better turf areas.

Along with the fairway application, we spray Primo(Plant growth regulator) on our fairways to reduce excessive upward growth which leads to fairways needing to be blown off due to high clipping counts.  The regulator also allows the plants to conserve energy and does not reduce lateral growth.  It also keeps the turf at a more consistent height for a longer period of time which provides our members with a more consistent fairway turf and reduces the frequency of mowing which saves energy, wear and tear on equipment and allows us to utilize labor in other areas.  Along with the every 3 week primo applications, we also throw some urea fertilizer in the tank to help supplement our fertilizer applications.  We will probably make 4-5 applications this summer with our last application being some time after Labor Day.

Assistant Mike does our spraying.  He was on the spray rig most of the day on Thursday and Friday spraying fairways.