We have gotten to a point in the season where the weather is going to allow us to manipulate our greens and firm them up and speed them up as well. Today we sprayed a growth regulator on them to slow the vertical growth and promote lateral growth. This will help get them tighter. We also lowered our height of cut. We didn't lower them much, but it was enough coupled with the growth regulator to notice a difference in green speeds. Depending on how they react, we will probably slightly lower the height of cut again next week.
In years past we have had to concentrate all of our efforts this time of year to greens recovery and regrowth. With the weather this year and some of the practices we put in place, we have very healthy greens that we can push. This also means a faster recovery from aerification and we will be able to have them rolling faster and playing firmer than years past. Everything is lining up for a great end of summer and an even better fall. Hope to see you on the course soon and often.
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