Yeah, yeah, I know I'm horrible but I am not finding the time to post. I'm thinking I've made a mistake by staffing the way I have but we've really only been in fully open mode for a month so maybe I am just panicking. Good news is we aren't trying to grow out any damage other those areas I didn't spray on the fairways. Temperatures have been pretty good for cool season turf. My bench mark for how good a growing season we are having is by looking in the 1-2-3 triangle. This area has no irrigation and never receives fertilizer and this spring it's thick with dandelions and the grass is past my ankles.
For the next month we will be trying to help those fairway and rough areas prone to drought stress by performing an aerating/top dressing /over-seeding regime that has yielded positive results for us over the past 10 years. We will try to aerate tees and aprons as well before July. The next greens aeration is scheduled for July 6th week; a traditionally slow week thanks to Stampede.
Right now we are dealing with a huge flush of seed head on fairways and greens. This is usually the time when certain diseases rear their ugly head. All spring we've seen a small flare ups of anthracnose and fusarium.
The other thing to be aware of is the pollen. Last year, at this time, a golfer went to the local clinic complaining of shortness of breath, congestion, and head aches. The on-call doc suggested it was all the pesticides the individual was exposed to on the golf course. WTF? I guess allergies was to boring to suggest. Anyways, the air is so thick with pine pollen is actually obscures the trees if you look over a distance.
Next time out I'll try to cover some of new and different things.
