Greens Speed Lightning

Fast Fast Fast. Greens rolling 13+ on an everyday basis for the past few weeks. They are also firming up with our last day of any water on them was this past Wednesday. Not only are they fast but if you hit your line they are going in. It is great this time of year to not have to worry as much about them, but it leads to no growth elsewhere especially in our fairways. Ill take a guess and say our fairways are rolling at a 6 but as we our playing golf please keep in mind of the 90 degree rule. Especially in the shady spots holes 2,10, and 18. Golf carts must not drive in these areas and we will rope off these areas in the weeks to come. Lets hope for a mild winter in the next few growing months.

Cold Weather

As the cold weather continues to stick around here at the course, the issues of getting any type of growth in our turf continue to get more difficult. We have applied one application of turf pigment on our fairways. Another application is set for this Monday the 30th. The pigment that we use (Sarge 2.0) is mostly for aesthetic purposes, but does also help a minimal amount in using the suns rays warm up the plant to protect against dormancy. We will be trying to help aid our warm season grasses from getting thin by hopefully controlling cart traffic with ropes and stakes. In these cold winter months, the grass has little to none ability to recover from wear and tear. Below I have posted our weather forecast that we use for the next 5 days. As you can see in the section "WARM GP", which is warm season "growth potential" (0-100%), our warm season grass does not have the ability to actively grow in the type of weather. We have not mowed our fairways in 2 1/2 weeks, and our next mow may possibly be at the end of next week.

Forecast: Next 5 Days

	11/26 Thu	11/27 Fri	11/28 Sat	11/29 Sun	11/30 Mon
Max F	62	59	62	64	66
Min F	40	36	40	40	42
Avg F	51	48	51	52	54
Max C	17	15	17	18	19
Min C	4	2	4	4	6
Avg C	11	9	11	11	13
Cool GP	24	14	24	28	38
Warm GP	1	0	1	1	2
Conditions	Clear	Clear	Clear	Clear	Clear

Weather data provided by The Weather Underground.

Hydraulic Hose Break

On Saturday morning, we had a hydraulic hose bust on our triplex greens mower. Since we are out before the sun rises, the leak was not visible until more daylight was present. We acted very quickly once the leaks were spotted on our greens. We used some activated charcoal along with some other products to help neutralize the toxicity of the oils on the plant. That morning, the temperature was in the 40s, which meant the oil was not as hot as if it were summertime.  We feel very comfortable that we have done everything we possibly can, in a timely manner, to help this unfortunate situation. These kind of things are unavoidable when using greens mowers powered by hydraulics, the hoses get old and will eventually break. We will continue to monitor #9 and #4 green on a day to day basis, with hopes of saving these greens. Updates will be given as soon as any progress is made.