Greens Aerification

Greens aerification! The most important time of the year. I will let the pictures do most of the talking because they make it very easy to see the process that we use. One main thing that I had never experienced before was the use of push brooms. I have always been familiar with using a cocoa mat pulled behind a small cart. I loved using the push brooms due to the fact that every single hole is completely filled and the detail involved is much greater than using anything else. It is very important to have the man-power to use this technique. For this process we have all hands on deck and can knock out half of the golf course in one day. The process consists of the following: punching the greens with 3 Toro Pro Core aerifiers using .500 tines, shoveling and hauling away plugs, hand-watering the holes to open them up for kiln-dried sand, unloading sand on the green, filling each hole in by hand, dragging the excess sand into the turf canopy, applying amendments, and finally adding hydration. On this particular process, we applied a nitrogen/phosphorous product and Endo-roots to promote plant and root growth and help the holes in the greens fill up as soon as possible. The end result is always very clean and tidy due to the attention and detail we practice.