The weather is certainly making it difficult to manage fine turf. The cool temperature is holding back growth and making it feel that we are at least three weeks behind in course presentation.
In the past month our work programme has allowed us to groom the greens, the grooming units raise the lateral growth and help to smooth out the surface.
The weather in May has been conducive to creating fungal disease ( Microdochium Patch) on the greens. We hope to grow the disease out at this time of the year and aid this action by spraying the greens with Soluble Iron (Fe) to dry and harden the leaf blade.
The picture below shows the 11th green after it had been sprayed and cut.
Our aeration programme is on track to reduce surface tension and allow airflow through the soil profile. We followed this up with an application of Farmura (Conditioner) and Revolution (Wetting agent) The solid tining allows the applications to penetrate into the root zone.
In June we have our annual agronomy visit by Mr Alistair Beggs from the Sports Turf Research Institute he will advise us on course management and project work.
Our June blog will highlight the visit.
Terry Wharton Head Greenkeeper
