Willow Fork CC is scheduled to have the corporate fairway aerifier in the first 2 weeks of May. We will be using a 3/4" solid tine on 2" centers. We will be aerifying 40 acres of fairways plus an additional 70 acres with our Aerway aerifier as well.
The fairway aerifier resembles the greens aerification, punches a round hole, the depth varies on the compaction of the soil. The rough aerifier (Aerway) makes slices in the turf again the depth varies on the compaction of the soil.
As we are finishing up each hole a pre emergent block will be sprayed to help prevent crabgrass from moving in.
So please be patient with us for the next 2 weeks as we are trying to get this aerification completed as quickly as possible.
Willy Plowman
Golf Course Superintendent
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I appreciate all you and staff do for us at Willow Fork and obviously I'll defer to the experts on this. It seems an aggressive reconditioning of the fairways is needed. The scuffing action done last year did not seem to be effective so hopefully we are going a different route this year. If you have the hole puncher available then why not punch all the fairways, including the hard pan areas of the rough? Lush & plush is always preferred over hard and fast.
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