What can I say, we went from droughts to deluges. The grass has never been happier but yet it is still under extreme disease pressure with the constant humidity and pop up t storms. Before we were dragging hoses to keep turf hydrated now we are sitting on sprayers and blowers. While the emerald green look makes for a great postcard, it does not bode well for playability and turf health.
The picture above shows how much the fairways are growing with the amount of clippings you see after the mowers finish. They even have baskets to collect clippings, but cannot make a full pass without the buckets over flowing. This is with 2 shots of growth regulators in the past 3 weeks as well. If you look at the bottom of the photo, the tan spots are Dollar Spot fungus, that popped up after all the rain on Sunday night into Monday morning. Many of the fairways have this right now and while we sprayed for it on Tuesday, we will have to make a follow up application next week some time if things do not improve.
This photo shows what our roughs look like after mowing. Piles of wet clippings, even though the rough mowers are out every day including a day on the weekend. Between dodging rain storms and the humidity it is tough to keep up with mowing, not to mention having to send four blowers out daily to clean up the clippings. This is labor that is usually used for other things that now cannot address. Crazy summer!
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