Fairways

We started spraying fairways for the first time this spring with some growth regulator, wetting agent and a little fertilizer. The wetting agent helps to save water and also keeps the fairways more consistent. The growth regulator is a very important tool to help keep the fairways from getting too shaggy in between mowings, helps to decrease mowing labor, and promotes lateral growth instead of vertical growth. This growth regulator tends to discolor the fairways after the first application of the year - later we get into the year the less discoloration we get.

I have to let the growth regulator dry before watering in the other products. This is a pic of 8 fwy a little discolored - I started watering fwys yesterday evening to limit the amount of discoloration.