Today we started our second annual greens aerification where we are pulling a core to alleviate organic matter and reduce the compaction that comes with foot traffic. This is a very important task to complete and very labor intensive. Again this year we are changing it up a little differently, we are using smaller diameter tines so that we can heal up faster and get back to greens that putt and roll true. Rest assured this will not hurt my program on reducing the organic matter in the top surface area. The clean up process is much easier when you are pulling less out of the ground so that for me is a plus. I still prefer the way we have done this in the past and will do this in the winter of next year starting sometime in January or February weather permitting. But for now, I can already tell that they are going to heal up very fast. Below is the process we completed this time.
We start first with the deep tine machine. This pokes a solid
hole to a depth of 12 inches to de-compact the lower profile
of the green.
Pulling a core is second
Majority of the staff blowing cores into a pile and picking up
with a shovel.
Top Dressing to fill the holes with fresh clean sand.
