Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Beautiful August...

As a golf course superintendent I really did not think that those two words could be put together in a sentence let alone side by side...
But yet again, another beautiful morning here on the course. Overall, it has been a good summer for bentgrass growth. The poa annua has still shown its aversion to summertime. It was affected by a pesty little creature known as the annual bluegrass weevil. For the most part we have stayed in front of it with much scouting and some timely insecticide applications.
The ryegrass has stressed a bit while battling a disease called grey leaf spot but nothing like we have seen in the past.
With a few exceptions, the only areas throughout the course showing any signs of stress are the high traffic areas (whether from cart traffic on the fairways or foot traffic on the tees.)

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