March & April Greening up!

In just the last two weeks the course itself has began to green up. Thank goodness, I've never been so tired of cold and wet conditions. With this winter making the 5th coldest in recorded history it has shown the toll it can take on grass. In my opinion, the bermudagrass is slow to rebound. So in turn of that, we applied 10 tons of a slow release fertilizer with a pre-emergent herbicide included. This was done on Monday March 15th, so we should begin to see some growth out of the bermuda in 10 to 14 days and continue on 60 to 90 days. As far as the greens, I have confidence everything is in good shape, by looking at the roots and the density of the plant I don't see a problem. I'm happy with the condition they are in coming out of this winter, shortly we will be applying a granular starter fertilizer to kick them off. Now, just a heads up . . . once temperatures do begin to warm up as they are doing now the speed on the greens are going to fluctuate. I prefer not to use the growth regulator until late April or early May, so March and April the putting speeds may vary due to growth. Once we hit the consistent warm temperatures (meaning 10 to 14 days of consistency)I'll sure get them rolling good at that point. Try to be patient, I know we are all pumped to get out and play and putt on the Plowman's product.