My favorite line I like to use with my wife is "I told you so". In my most recent update, I said once we get measurable rain and humidity, the turf is going to explode. We have had no growing weather all spring and nutrients had been applied throughout to get turf going. Without natural rainfall or temperatures, the fertilizer is not being used to its full potential. This past week we saw higher humidity and now we have had 2 good soaking rains, with more on the way.
During the week, we will mow fairways 4 out of 5 days, so we have not mowed fairways since Friday due to the holiday weekend. The clippings in the fairways are out of control. That means tomorrow morning we will be making a growth regulator application to fairways to help slow the growth. This weather is beneficial for us to make the rough a bit more penal for the Arcola Cup this Friday, however, the roughs will be labor intensive next week when we are able to mow them again since we will not mow Thursday on.
The upside to all of this humidity and rain is no irrigation. We have not irrigated at night for almost 2 weeks. While this is great for the turf it is not good for firm and fast conditions. Green speeds have dropped to 13.8-14.2 with the weather and if the rain continues they will continue to drop. We will keep you posted with any changes.
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