Friday, March 25, 2011

Chemical appication throughtout the course

Many of you may have noticed blue color on the turf in random areas. Here's what is going on;

1. Fence Lines-Our spray technician is spraying Round Up along the fence lines only where homeowners have planters along there fence line facing the golf course. Plus/or if we see a homeowner is edging the turf outside there fence line in order to keep the Bermudagrass from invading there San Augustine. This will help us tremendously in reducing labor time that is needed to weed eat all the fence lines. For all of the homeowners who do weed eat there fence lines on the golf course side "Thank You". I feel all of you would want this done only to improve your sight of the course. If you have a lawn maintenance crew doing your yard have them weed eat both sides of your fence, just for your satisfaction.
2. Tee Boxes-Lots of blue showing up around the edges of the tee boxes. We are spraying out the Poa Annua, Annual Ryegrass, and Kylinga Sedge. Our goal this year is to be weed free in this area, if you can recall the past; when the spring arrived, around the tee boxes the grass was thick, different color, then it would start browning up and eventually die off, all because these are winter plant varieties, not summertime. As I mentioned these areas are being treated with a herbicide to maintain the playing conditions consistently.

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