Greens

Mowed greens for the first time since Sunday. Greens turned out pretty good after the verticutting, aeration, topdressing, rolling, etc. we should be in good shape for the remainder of the fall. They will be putting like pool tables in a few weeks.

Unfortunately the heat is starting to set in for a few days. Figures....we don't get heat until we really beat them up. It will be important to keep them a little wetter than normal with this heat and having holes in them. The topdressing and holes will make them dry out really fast.

The greens are still a little soft. End of the summer, there are not any greens in this area that are firm...not any of the superintendents I've talked to say they have firm greens. This is from the typical root loss through a summer and having to keep more moisture in the top inch. You have to keep the water where the roots are. If that top inch, where the majority of the root mass is this time of year dries out, the plant is going to wilt and start to check out. As the humidity starts to drop and we develop more root mass, the greens will start to firm up.