Friday 7 June 2024

All go over both courses with a wet start to the Summer which has been difficult to keep up with the grass growth but the growth is starting to tail back a little with this dry spell 
Greens being cut & rolled, greens are being groomed at least once a week to help tickle/cut lateral growth 
We have replaced all the flowers at front of the Clubhouse 
We are collecting the grass clippings from fairways over both courses when we cut to help reduce weed seeds going back into the surface 
All fairways and semi-roughs over both courses have been sprayed with a selective herbicide to control daises and clover 
Our newly built driving range mat area is now in play for the season, the grass area is still out of play to allow turf to establish and knit in before we start to reduce the cutting height on this area 
Our drier fairways on the Balcomie course have been sprayed with a wetting agent and seaweed/fert to help strengthen them up going into the main playing season 
With the dry spell we are now watering greens etc at nights to keep the moisture level where we want it to be, we use moisture probe to check daily 

We are now cutting the deep rough areas left of 5th hole and right of hole 6 to help speed up play on the Balcomie course 
With it being such a wet and mild winter and the banning of insecticides we are having problems with the grub called Leatherjacket on the Craighead greens mostly with Crows etc pecking for the grubs, this in turn is causing damage to the surfaces, which we are seeding/sanding when possible, hopefully this should stop very shortly when the grubs pupate 

 

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