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Viera East Golf Course Maintenance
Golf Course Maintenance Schedule February 2012
February 3 Foliar Fertilization/Wetting Agent.
February 7 Top Dress all greens.
February 10 Granular Fertilization.
February 14 Fungicide application to all greens/ Slice the greens.
February 17 Foliar Fertilization/ Wetting Agent.
February 20 Top Dress all greens.
February 24 Granular Fertilization.
*The above schedules and procedures are dependent on acceptable weather conditions.
Superintendents Corner
We have created this page to inform and educate our customers on the daily procedures of our maintenance department. This platform is a great way for us to explain what we have planned as well as for you to ask us questions or voice any concerns that you may have. If you have any questions, go to the CONTACT US page and fill out the box on the top right.
Q. What is the total amount of rainfall needed to equal 1 full irrigation cycle on our golf course?
A. Irrigation cycle is only equivalent to 3/10 of an inch of rain. This process is only applied once nightly.
February Rainfall Total: 0.00 inches
Thank you for the support!
Viera East Golf Club Superintendent
Scott Mosher
Golf Course Maintenance Procedures
Verticutting
Utilizing a mechanical device with vertically rotating blades that cut into the turfs surface to remove excess thatch or leaves. The benefits of verticutting include increasing ball speed, allowing sunlight into the turf canopy, removing lateral growth, as well as allowing the top dress to penetrate the plant promoting health.
Aerification
The cultural process by which holes are punched into the turf to increase oxygen in the soil beneath the greens, fairways and teeing grounds. Core Cultivation provides several benefits, including thatch reduction, root stimulation, soil impaction, and organic matter dilution.
Foliar Fertilization
Foliar Fertilization refers to the application of liquid fertilizers to a plants leaves. This method can supplement soil nutrients and provide a boost of growth to the plant on a short term basis. These fertilizers are applied using a mobile spray rig.
Top Dress
The application of sand onto the greens, fairways and teeing grounds to help dilute any thatch left behind from the mowers and to assist in smoothing out the greens surface. This procedure will also help keep the greens and fairway surfaces firm and increase the roll of the ball. The amount of top dressing applied is dependent on numerous factors, the biggest being weather.
Ammonium Sulfate
Ammonium Sulfate is an inorganic salt with a number of uses. The most common use is as a soil fertilizer which is manually spread onto the grass. It contains 21% nitrogen which helps the grass green up quicker and reduce the soils pH levels.
Wetting Agent
Wetting agents fit into the class of chemical compounds called surfactants, which are chemicals that cause a physical change at the surface of liquids. There are four primary uses for these wetting agents; relieving localized dry spots, managing water, improving drainage and improving pesticide movement in the soil. In addition, superintendents use wetting agents for a variety of reasons such as reducing dew and frost formation, improving seed germination, reducing fairy ring damage, reducing soil compactions and improve irrigation efficiency.
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