Time To Pre Emerge Again

It's that time of year to put out your pre emergent weed control for the summer. Over the last few days, in between all of the wind, we have started spraying the course. There are different chemical choices that you can use. We have decided to use the same chemicals we used last year. We had excellent results last year with our weed control, so we decided not to change anything. 

We are using two different chemicals this year. We are using Ronstar in some of our weaker turf areas and on tee boxes because it is safer on these areas and will allow the turf to fill in throughout the growing months while still providing excellent weed control. 

The other product we are using is Specticle. It is a great pre emerge for all types of weeds. We sprayed it last year at this time and we feel like we got pre emergent weed control all the way through the fall and into the winter. Everywhere we sprayed Specticle, we didn't have a single bit of Poa Annua germinate this fall. This is a great product. 

Another thing we are doing is adding a Glyphosate (active ingredient in Round Up) product in with our chemical. This is going to clean up any weeds that have germinated over the winter. Since it has been so cold, the Bermuda grass is completely dormant and this will not harm it. 

We feel this will provide us with a relatively weed free golf course for the summer. 

New Fountain

On Wednesday we installed our new fountain in the pond on #10. We felt this would have a big impact from the course as well as from the clubhouse. We went with the Otterbine fountain with the Tri-star pattern. We feel it turned out very good. It has an LED light kit, so it is also very nice at night. We hope you enjoy it. 

Winter Has Arrived

So far this winter hasn't been very harsh. Well, that all changed yesterday. We had a low temperature yesterday of 9 degrees. We reached a high of 31 degrees. This morning got down to 14 degrees. This has allowed all of our Bermudagrass to go completely dormant. Now would be a great time to spray roundup on any weeds you have in your Bermudagrass. It will kill the green weeds, but won't harm your lawn. 

Have a good weekend and stay warm.