Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Deep Tine Aerification
We have started our yearly aerification process. We did not pull a core today; that is next week. Today we did a deep tine aerification. With this process, we punch a solid tine about 8" into the greens. This goes twice as deep as we usually go with our other aerifications throughout the year. This deep tine helps open channels deeper into the green allowing air and water to penetrate deeper than usual. It also helps reduce any sub surface soil compaction. We have done this once a year for the last 3 years and we feel it has been one of the reasons greens conditions have improved over the last 2 summers. By doing this, along with our other cultural plans we have mapped out for the year, we hope to have an even better year this year.
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The greens are great right now. I wish yall didnt have to tear them up next week.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment. Aerification is one of the most important tools we have to keep greens healthy. Organic matter builds up as the year goes on and the aerification process is used to take out some of these organics and replace them with clean sand. This helps the green breathe better and it also keeps the green from getting sealed off and becoming sponge like on the surface. Aerification is just one of the necessary evils that we have to do. It is hated just as much, if not more, in our department because of the extensive and exhausting work it takes to get the process done correctly.
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