As you are aware we have been pretty dry over the past couple of weeks. And the irrigation has not been able to be utilized well because of the extreme heat that we have been receiving. When we take a soil probe and probe the greens we have been significantly drier down below approximately 4 plus inches down and semi dry on top. Most of our root structure is in this area and in a lot of cases 6 inches deep. We have done this on purpose to keep the greens on the dry side to limit the chances of disease also to reduce the soil temps in the profile. Things are looking good weather wise so we opted to do a flush on the greens last night. A couple of things a flush is good for is the removal of salts that accumulate when you rely on irrigation and hoses and to completely wet down the entire profile 12 inches down. When you add enough water to a profile it creates a flushing effect similar to when you flush your toilet and allows us to get the greens to field capacity. While the greens flush it is bringing in air into the profile. Having air (oxygen) intermix into your profile is very healthy for the plant creating an aerobic environment. Now because we flushed the greens, the goal for the #8 green is to dry this green down at a rapid pace utilizing the sub air that we installed. You can see in the photo how well this works by seeing the mist blowing out of the blower. In the future we hope to install this on a few more greens to promote the dry down process where we have limited air movement in time of heavy rains or when a flush is needed on the greens.
