Well we start the year off with Mother Nature bearing down on us, brrr its fridged out there!! As you all know the course has been covered up for a period now, with no warming temperatures in sight. I was glad to see the greens get a little snow cover though, with the cold, brutal winds we have been getting could possible do more harm to the plant than anything, but the snow performs a layer of insulation and the white snow actually warms the soil a little bit.
Although snow cover may or may not be good for the grass, we can actually fight diseases this time of year. Snow molds can be devestating to Northern climates, here we usually are not covered by snow for more than 60 days, but who knows these days. We however applied a late season fungicide to hopefully prevent any snow molds from forming.
I will be working on the blog alot more this year, hopefully giving the members a deeper look into the things we do and the items we face. So continue checking for any updates especially during golf season!!
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