Greens Aeration and Winter Damage Recovery

 

 

Now that the spring aeration has been complete I thought it would be a good time to explain why this disruptive, labor intensive practice is done. These two videos are excellent at communicating why thatch management is so important:

 

 

 

 

The greens that suffered winterkill are coming along nicely with lots of new seedling growth. These comparative pictures show just how far we've come with the recovery process:

 

New seedlings

 

 

#18

 

4/16/15

 

5/5/15

 

 5/19/15

#9

 

5/5/15

5/19/15

 

Our next step will be to spike and seed these areas one more time in order to completely fill them in. As you can see the aggressive creeping bentgrass seed that we used is much darker than the original surrounding turf. In time these spots will blend into the existing stand of turf and will become less noticeable.