The cool nighttime temps have definitely helped the greens, but I think they have hit their limit this year. They are still very young and they are showing some stress from all of the traffic. They're also not recovering as quickly as I would have hoped, especially with these favorable temps. I think this is from the amount of traffic that these greens have had on them in the last month or so. We have been increasing the frequency of fertilizer and chemical applications (un-budgeted expenses) to try to increase the rate of recovery. Once we get through aeration on the 19 and 20th I'm hoping to see some quick recovery and lightning quick speeds upon aeration recovery. The greens I'm referring to are basically #3 through #15. There are a couple strong greens in that group (4,8,9,10) and 16-18,1,2,PG1 are in amazing shape and could take just about anything I this at them at this point. This just shows you the importance of air flow, limited shade, and big areas for traffic dispersion. The holes that have this are near perfect....the holes that don't, aren't. This is just one of the battles that we have to deal with on a yearly basis in Williamsburg....and trying to grow new greens that aren't even a 11 months old yet tend to magnify these problems.
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