We've been busy since the last post. We have had more snow, an ice storm, more rain and a few days in the upper 70's. Weather dominated this blog in 2013 and this year is off to a similar start. In fact yesterday we covered greens again, with plans to remove Friday morning. Lows of 24-26 forecast the next two nights. If there is ever an important time to cover it is now, when the greens are very sensitive to cold as they have started greening up. This will make 29 nights the greens have been covered. Good thing is that it is suppose to be 70 degrees Sunday!
The Ice Storm that hit us a few weeks back did a lot of damage. Pine limbs were down all over the course and we lost a few trees. It took a full week to get the course cleaned up and we still have a few out of play areas that need to be picked up. We plan to start burning this debris as we are going to start cleaning up the back of the Driving Range.
I have started applying pre-emerge to the course. All fairways, approaches and tees are complete and I will begin roughs very soon. Ronstar was my product of choice this year as it is known for being very effective on the prevention of Crab and Goosegrass. Also in the tank is Glyphosate(Round-up) which will eliminate any weeds that are growing right now. So I am post and pre emerging at the same time. This will give us a clean golf course this season.
February rain total is 5.5" and we are up to 9.5" for the year. Not the ideal start to the year.
MGA Par 3 is this Saturday and I hope to see you out.
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