Ah yes, it’s August
2nd…another forecast of high temps and humidity. Clouds, fog and haze this
morning, so no shadow would be seen…does this mean we will we have 6 more weeks
of summer or an early fall? I think we
know what we all wish for!
Hopefully we have less
than a month of this weather left and then it’s on to aerification, cooler
nights, and football season (Are you ready for some football?!).
In the Turfcare industry
this summer has been a tough one. We began the season with buckets of rain,
then no rain, then sporadic heavy rain.
We backed this pattern with high temperatures plus brutal dew points, and
because of this, we (like many others) have suffered areas of thinning and
dried out turf. All in all Minor Park as
come through this barrage of ugly weather in quite good shape!
When the heat is on, and
on and on…Our Best Practices are as follows:
·
Cooling and Hand
watering: Which allows up to drop the surface temp and also only puts water
where it is needed.
·
Venting and Top Dressing
to ensure the roots can breathe and also helps breakup thatch layering and
puffiness.
·
Watering judiciously to
prevent disease, conserve resources, and maintain healthy turf.
That being said I would
like to thank my hard working staff, Minor Park is in great shape considering
the ‘transitional’ weather and a lot of it has to do with the dedicated people
who show up daily at 5:30am ready for manual labor in tough conditions. We hope you have been playing as much golf as
you can, as we take pride in bringing you the best golf experience we can. Enjoy playing this great game, soon we will be
putting on the stocking caps…February 2nd is not as far off as it
sounds.
