Taking advantage of the great warm fall weather we have been able to aerate the majority of the golf course. The greens, tees and fairways have all been core aerated. Now we are "solid" tine aerating the rough, in particular the high traffic areas. The photo to the left shows the heavy traffic location just off the pathway on hole #4 being aerated with a unit mounted to the tractor. While this process does not remove an actual core of soil/turf it does open the rootzone up, to a depth of 4", to alleviate compaction and allow for water, air and nutrients to more easily enter the subsurface. Come springtime this will allow the turf a better chance to begin the year more healthy.STEWART CREEK GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Hole #1
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
AERATION
AERATION OF ROUGH
Taking advantage of the great warm fall weather we have been able to aerate the majority of the golf course. The greens, tees and fairways have all been core aerated. Now we are "solid" tine aerating the rough, in particular the high traffic areas. The photo to the left shows the heavy traffic location just off the pathway on hole #4 being aerated with a unit mounted to the tractor. While this process does not remove an actual core of soil/turf it does open the rootzone up, to a depth of 4", to alleviate compaction and allow for water, air and nutrients to more easily enter the subsurface. Come springtime this will allow the turf a better chance to begin the year more healthy.
Taking advantage of the great warm fall weather we have been able to aerate the majority of the golf course. The greens, tees and fairways have all been core aerated. Now we are "solid" tine aerating the rough, in particular the high traffic areas. The photo to the left shows the heavy traffic location just off the pathway on hole #4 being aerated with a unit mounted to the tractor. While this process does not remove an actual core of soil/turf it does open the rootzone up, to a depth of 4", to alleviate compaction and allow for water, air and nutrients to more easily enter the subsurface. Come springtime this will allow the turf a better chance to begin the year more healthy.
