We are into our second week at White Wing on temporary
greens and at the end of the first week we began to see some growth response
from our fertility and fungicides. Unfortunately this past week has not helped
us at all in terms of recovery for the White Wing greens. The temperatures have
been too cool for the Bermuda to have any growth. This puts us another week
behind on getting the greens back open. The positive to all of this is that
when it was warm during the first week of greens closure we did see a response
from the grass. Last week we sent in additional soil samples to a different lab
located at Mississippi State. They found that we had Pythium, which is a fungus
that attacks the root of the plant. This pathogen was not present in the
initial lab results that we sent in at the beginning of April. We have already
applied the fungicide necessary to stop the disease. The weather started to
cooperate for a few days but we just need more consecutive days of high 90’s
low 60’s to promote the maximum growth possible. When the temperatures get back
up to the 150 combined range again and can stay there we should start to
recover quickly. This spring has been very cool and we are battling Mother
Nature at this point.
Legacy Hills Greens
The few greens that we have been struggling with at Legacy
Hills are showing similar signs of growth to that of White Wing. The thin areas
are filling in and getting healthier and smoother. The number three green has
been slower to respond and we have marked the back portion of that green as
Ground Under Repair. We will monitor its progress and sod any area on that
green that hasn’t recovered in the next couple of weeks.
Cowan Creek Greens
The Cowan Creek greens have healed from aerification and are
in good shape. We have recently started taking the height of cut down to
increase ball speed and roll.
