Seeding of cool season tees

We have about 20k square feet of cool season tees on property with about 1/4 of the surfaces being bentgrass/poa and the other parts a mixture of poa/bluegrass/ryegrass.  Each fall, we slit seed some additional ryegrass into the areas of tees that have the second mixture of grasses.  The ryegrass is very wear tolerant and can fill in a worn or damaged tee very quickly.

We were fortunate to not lose very much tee surface this summer but still have some weak areas that needed to be seeded to help fill in for late fall and next season play.  We used our walk behind slit seeder to spot drill the areas that needed repair.  The areas were fertilized with a starter fertilizer to help the seed germinate and improve its root system as it begins to fill in the teeing ground area.

Russ used the drill seeder in the various spots that we a little thin.(Not pictured)

Assistant Mike brushing along the slits to place the seed in contact with the soil which will improve germination.





The slits in the tee surface where the seed will begin to germinate and fill in the worn areas of the tee.