Course update 18-09-2017
Hello, another indefinite few weeks of weather. Just under 3 inches of rain this month (69mm).
Please see below an update on a few areas around the course.
Worms
I have had a few golfers ask me about the worm casts on the fairways and asking whether I can do anything about it. My answer is not chemically! The product we have been using over the years has now been banned along with many other products that we use to control worms, grubs, leather jackets etc. In the absence of these products, to try and do what we can, we have today applied sulphate of iron to all of the fairways. We use this because of its acidifying effect on the turf surface, which can be quite effective in discouraging worms and reducing the number of worm casts as worms do not like the acidifying effect on the surface caused by this product.
Over Seeding
(Shaun Whittle seeding 18th Green)
As you may have noticed, we have starting seeding the greens over the last week, now the occasional day without rain has occurred. We only have a small window of each day to apply the seed as any moisture clogs the tubes that put the seed in the ground. The window is roughly between 11.30 and 3.30 meaning that, as mentioned previously, you may experience a temporary green over the next couple of weeks. Apologies if this affects your normal round.
We have currently seeded 14 of our 21 greens. we would have loved to get them all finished last week but due to the heavy afternoon showers we keep having, it is becoming an annoying slow process.
(Video of seeder on the chipping green)
And finally....
We are looking to use the top tee on 17th over the next few weeks, so if you cant find the white markers, they will be up on the very top tee.
With the wet conditions at present we are noticing a lot more people taking divots, please could you replace them as they will grow in a lot quicker that us putting soil & seed in.
PITCHMARKS, every golfer says they do their pichmarks. I'm not sure who is leaving them in the greens, maybe the deer are playing at night!! Please keep on top of yours and if you see others, repair them. Thank you, it is a massive help to us.
Thank you for reading
Paul
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