Renovation Update

Cool weather is not helping us out with the establishment of sod or seed in our renovated areas. The areas that were seeded are showing a slight greenish hue but still a long ways to go for these areas to be ready for play. It looks to be a bit warmer for a few days starting on Sunday so maybe this will get the seedlings going in the right direction. Next week we will begin to fertilize the seeded areas with a spray application of calcium nitrate and a micronutrient package. We did this during the initial grow-in of the golf course and it really worked well. Also next week we will cut back on the watering of these areas which will dry them out a bit so that when we are able to start mowing there will be a firm surface. The sodded areas look very good. We have been giving them a heavy topdressing which has smoothed out the surfaces. I would like to have them in play as soon as three weeks from now. I will snap a few pictures when the sun is shinning and post them as soon as possible.