Greens Aerification

 On Monday May 19th, we aerified the greens with a 3/8" side eject tine. Along with the aerification, the greens were verti-cut in two different directions, top dressed and fertilized with a Ultradwarf Bermudagrass granule fertilizer.

1-greens are verti-cut with a dyna blade verti cutters at 1/8" deep (below the height of cut) in two direction.
 A rule of thumb-In a years time, 24% to 30% of material (such as thatch) needs to be removed. By aerifying with 3/8" tines on 1.5 centers an estimates 8.1% is being removed, then the verti-cutting cutting removes approx. another 2.3%
2-blower comes along and helps in removing the excess material (grass clipping) that was removed during the verti-cutting.
3-greensmower mows the green to help in smoothing the surface.
4-green is aerified
5-green is top dressed (heavly)
6-dragging in the sand--after approx. 2 hours of sand sitting on the greens surface we begin dragging the sand in.
7-mow the green-if the sand has settled enough for me to be say ok, lets mow it then we do--otherwise we may wait a day or two before we start mowing the greens.
8-fertilize the greens with a granuler fertilizer-up to 3/4 pound of Nitrogen plus all the necessary micros.
9-water it in.

This whole process took us 9 hours to do. Expect the healing time to take anywhere from 10 to 14 days. Of course, that depends on temperatures, remember the 150 temperature degree rule!!!