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Hopefully tomorrow Monday 8th April 13, we are starting the greens renovations. Mick, Julie or Kimberly
in the pro shop will be updated on
a regular basis as to our progression; I will endeavour to have as many Greens fully
open as possible some may be closed and some may be on temps which have been
cut in preparation. I cannot be more specific because I am not familiar with
the outputs of Phoenix equipment and some machines are being used as never
before such as the verti-drain which has been adapted to micro-core. If you are
playing during renovations and need a chat about what is going on please don’t hesitate
to ask I will be happy to explain further.
Photos to be posted as we progress
Sequence of events
- Core greens
- Clean up cores
- V mow if possible
- Apply top dressing (sand)
- Vibro roll/brush sand into the holes and turf surface
- Open green
Aeration/top
dressing
Q
what is aeration
A
aeration is the mechanical means of increasing soil/air ratio
Q
why aerate?
A
roots grow in the air spaces between soil particles, the ideal ratio of air to
soil is 4:1 or 25% air.
Q
why do you need to do it again?
A
compaction is the Greenkeepers enemy, in order the fight compaction we need to
aerate and top dress on a regular basis. The result is a better turf surface
that is resilient to drought and water logging, disease/pest attack it will be
quicker to drain after rainfall and the turf surface will be thicker and
stronger which will produce a firm truer surface and a joy to putt on.
Types
of mechanical aeration
Aeration can be categorised into;
- Deep (verti-draining, slitting, mole ploughing)
- Shallow (micro-coring, micro-tinning, sarrel rolling)
- Temporary (slitting, micro-tinning, sarrel rolling)
- Semi-permanent (verti-draining ,micro-coring, mole ploughing)
- Verti-draining; Autumn through Spring
- Slitting; Autumn through Spring
- Mole ploughing; Autumn
- Micro-coring; Spring through Autumn
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