Today we are completing our scheduled July 3/8 aerification this will help dry the putting surface provide air and gas exchange to the root zone and help reduce stress to the Bentgrass greens.
The first two week of July has been a wet and challenging stretch. The weather has been very cool for us in Georgia but with excessive rain amounts totaling almost 8 inches in a 16 day period.
The humidity and wet soils puts a tremendous stress on the Bentgrass greens.I compare it to keeping the same pair of wet socks on your feet for a week without taking them off!
I can't begin to tell you how lucky we've been to have had the below average temperatures this summer with all this rain. Wet soils and heat feels like a wet sponge on a hot frying pan!
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| Ben punching #2 green 3/8 solid tine |
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| 2 X 2 Spacing with a 3/8 solid tine. |
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| Charles rolling the PG green 1X time after punching. |
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| Left side before rolling Right side after rolling. |
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