Welcome to our September blog.

We managed to get good results with our overseeding on the greens.The weather was kind with good temperatures and sufficient rainfall to aid the germination.The pictures show the soil temperature when we sown the greens, the early germination and the machine we used.

It is really important that we carry out this work when the soil conditions are beneficial to aid germination. There is a slight reduction in greens smoothness for a short period of time, but the introduction of additional desirable grasses compensates for this and after a couple of roles with the turf iron the surfaces soon recover.

 Obviously on the flip side if the work was left to later in the year there's a huge risk in loosing the soil temperatures and no germinating seed.

We continued with our aeration on the greens and followed up with a preventative fungicide spray to control Fusarium Patch. The present weather climate is really conducive to outbreaks of turf disease with the mild temperature and periods of heavy morning dews enabling the disease to attack the turf .

 The damage can take place almost any were on the greens,however areas of shade and a reduction in air flow will create the ideal environment.This is one of the reasons we reduce tree numbers around the greens through selective pruning and removal to allow the correct conditions to be achieved to reduce disease outbreaks.

October blog     

We will look to vertidrain tees and have our contractors Mallinsons in to Vertidrain the fairways.The mounds at the 13th/15th will be strimmed and the grass raked and removed.We hope to reposition the winter tee mat at the 12th and position a new mat at the 1st tee.Work will commence on the trees on  the 11th hole with tree surgeons coming in to reduce the overhanging branches and take down two dead popular trees near the 11th tee. The leaves will be starting to fall which will keep us busy through to December.