I began to notice some major decline of the collar on number
9. When I got here in February, this
area was bare so we sodded it from the sod that was on the existing nursery
green before we rebuilt the nursery green 2 months later. With the temperatures being so hot we were on
a regiment of watering greens with overheads in the evening and mornings
consisted of watering spots and collars then light cool down runs in
afternoon. We have been doing this
process for the last 3 months and this area kept declining. I decided to see if it was a problem under
the turf. I dug a small hole right next
to the collar and noticed 3, 1 inch sized roots about 3 inches below
ground. This finding lead me to believe
that the 2 trees that are near the green was stealing the water before the turf
could take it in. Here are some photos of
the spot in decline and the 2 trees by the green.
We
borrowed a walk behind trencher and proceed to root prone about a quarter of
the way around the green. What this
process will do is sever the roots that are into the green and in about 2 days
those roots will stop taking water from the green. We have noticed that some of the spots on the
green are starting to bounce back after this process.
Digging the trench around the green to sever any roots that
are into the green.
The open trench we found a lot of surface roots and
rock. The roots started about 2 inches
below the surface.
In the process of filling the trench back in and then
replacing the sod back on it.
Finished Product
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