Another round of deep tine aeration

As you read this, we are working on deep tine aerating the putting greens, which we will wrap up on Tuesday. This is a great late-season practice to help the greens manage the winter.

We have followed this program of November deep tine aeration for many years. You can read a past blog from all the way back in 2015 when we first started the annual aeration. Continuing the aeration every year since then has helped the greens improve every year including this past season.

The principles of why we perform this aeration have remained the same as when we first started, but in particular with the onset of the strong El Niño this year, it could be even more critical. While the winter weather will still be variable and the forecast could change many times, the early report is that we could have a wet winter. Whether that precipitation is in the form of snow or rain doesn’t matter- having deep aeration channels in the greens will help the water drain. Moving the water off the surface keeps the greens playable, but more importantly, during winter, it helps to prevent ice buildup on the surface.

Building and sticking to a program for any aspect of turfgrass maintenance is important. But especially when dealing with the putting greens, being consistent in our efforts leads to consistent, healthy greens during the season.

 

 As a reminder, we will now reduce down to 1 post per month, through February. Thank you

 

Etiquette Reminder of the Month

Please stay off all grass surfaces during a frost delay.

Also, as part of a Golf Committee initiative to improve course etiquette, we have included links to videos teaching proper on course etiquette. Please take a moment to watch:

Ball Marks - How to properly repair

Golf Cart tips

 

 

See you on the course!

Joe

jvillegas@bwrc.org