GenNext Complete A & B Observations

Here are some pictures of what we have seen so far with the GenNext Complete A & B application. It has only been 48 hours since the application but we have seen some green up which is expected.

2 green in a moss infested area 24 hours after application.

2 green again in the same area 48 hours after application.

9 green 48 hours after application.

GenNext Complete A and B

Today we made our first application of GenNext Complete A & B fertilizer to the front nine greens. We have high hopes for this new fertilizer and we will be making three more applications over the next 6 weeks. Since aerifying greens 3 weeks ago, we have been slow to heal up. Not only have soil temperatures been too cold still for optimum growth, 40 degrees two weeks ago, we have also had to make a poa annua seed head suppression application to help ensure a smooth putting surface for the weeks and month to come. The seed head suppression spray actually slows the growth of the turf and its ability to allow the aerification holes to heal. It's a double edge sword, but will help us give the best possible playing conditions that we can offer in the weeks and months to come.

We have marked areas on the greens that we have applied the GenNext Complete A & B to where the putting surface was covered with a 2 foot X 2 foot piece of plywood so we can better monitor turf quality. At the time of application soil temperatures at a 2" depth were 48 degrees, air temperature was approximately 45 drgrees and the greens were mowed the day before at .135". GenNext Complete A & Complete B was applied at 16 oz./m each and applied at 75 GPA with Turbo TeeJet Duo nozzles. .3# N/m of 12-3-12 granular ammonium sulfate was applied to all greens and Embark was applied at 35 oz./A for poa annua seed head suppression two weeks prior to the GenNext application. Check back to follow our results as we will be posting pictures of what we are seeing for results.

9 Green before application

9 Green before application

7 Green right after application

7 Green after application with 6 Green in the background

6 Green after application looking at a thin area of poa annua that had anthracnose last season

Greens Aerification

With having the access to rent two Toro Procore 648 aerifiers we have had the ability to just about aerify all of our putting greens. We had the ability to aerify 1 acre of the putting green surfaces in about 2.5 hours. With these new aerifiers we have used, we are able to choose what our hole spacing was going to be. To ensure that we have a healthy putting green surface, the goal is to affect 20% of the putting green surface per year. We used the tightest spacing possible, 1.5" X 2" with a 5/8" diameter tine. We were able to effectively affect 15.34% of the surface area today. There are a lot of holes that need a lot of sand!! The clean up process will continue on tomorrow so we can beat the impending weather that we have coming at us. We fully expect about two weeks to be completely recovered from aerification and having better putting green surfaces then we did this past season.