Yesterday was a busy day at the course. No outings and the club was closed gave us plenty of opportunity to get some work accomplished on the greens. We did a light verticutting, topdressing, dragging and finally finished the process with mowing. We also began the process of
venting our greens with our verti-drain aerator and needle tines. Fourteen greens were completed yesterday and the other five were finished by 9:30 this morning. This process will be completed every month and causes very little disruption to the green surface. The benefits of this program include:
- Allows oxygen to exchange with carbon dioxide that can build up in the soil.
- Moisture can penetrate more quickly into the green and can allow it to wet more evenly.
- Oxygen entering the soil also dries the surfaces which provide for firmer and fast conditions.
- Assists in root development.
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| 1/4" needle tines staggered 4 to a row and 2 rows per arm. |
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