tier 3 baselines 8/29/10

tier 4 baselines 8-29-10

panoramic view 8/29/10

News articles on turfgrass and the summer of 2010

click on the links below:

Wall Street journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704017904575409411501359450-lMyQjAxMTAwMDAwNzEwNDcyWj.html#articleTabs%3Darticle

USGA:
http://www.usga.org/news/2010/August/Heat-Straining-Golf-Courses/

GCSAA:
http://www.gcsaa.org/news/NewsReleases.aspx?id=950d62b6-f501-42d5-afe2-9ad8f5922bf6

tier 1 baselines 8-17-10

tier 2 baselines 8-17-10

tier 3 baselines 8-17-10

note: pics were take before lines were touched up.

tier 4 baselines 8-17-10

panoramic view 8-17-10

Views across tier 1 8-17-10

tier 1 baselines 8-12-10

tier 2 baselines 8-12-10

tier 3 baselines 8-12-10

tier 4 baselines 8-12-10

panoramic view 8-12-10

views across tier 1 8-12-10

Seed is coming up!

Temperatures have been changing to more "normal" for this time of year, allowing the seed to germinate and start to come up.

July has been a difficult month for our courts with prolonged high temperatures and flooding rains. Both of these conditions cause major stress to the root systems of the turf. We have had 19 days in July with temperatures over 90 degrees (2 days were over 100 degrees) compared to last year in July where there were only 4 days reaching 90 degrees. This year we have had 9.4" of rain here compared to last years 3.35" in July. Also when the courts have been open, we have had an increase in play from last year. The courts have been under stress the entire month of July. We are currently aerating (with knife blades), seeding and topdressing the down courts to provide you with the best quality of court that we can provide.

tier 1 baselines 8-5-10

tier 2 baselines 8-5-10

tier 3 baselines 8-5-10

tier 4 baselines 8-5-10

panoramic view 8-5-10

views across tier 1 8-5-10