Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Aerification season is in full swing



Here you can see our deep tine aerifier at work using 3/4" tines and having them punch holes 6" deep this promotes root growth to the highest level. This process was done on the Palmer, Squire and Champ greens. The Fazio just had standard tines as they are only 2 years old.



Here you can see 2 verticutters hard at work on the Champ greens going multiple directions to remove thatch and eliminate grain. This was done on the Palmer, Champ and Fazio greens. The Squire greens are not done because we have the Emerald dwarf that does not produce as much thatch as the ultra-dwarf grasses.


Here is an up close picture of the verticuttimg before we mow the green.


This pile of thatch is the amount removed from #1 green.

 
 
Here we are mowing a green after verticutting to scalp back any grain accumulated over the past season.