Maintenance Thursday

Yesterday we were able to double spike, mow, topdress, apply fertilizer, and water it all in. Followed that up today with a greens spraying to try and reduce the algae formation on the surface.  Still looking for warm Sunny weather to get the greens going.

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Covers.

We covered some of the greens (#2,3,8,11)  at Live Oak Monday morning.  We also sent nematode samples off to Mississippi State lab Monday and received the results today. Thursday's we will be venting the greens with the solid tines on the aerifiers. Then we will treat the greens accordingly to the test results. Friday we will apply a granular fertilizer and water it in.  Next Thursday we will vent again and lightly topdress the greens at Live Oak.  Still looking for sunny warm weather--last few mornings in the mid 20s is not what we are needing right now.

Live Oak Update

Still fighting the same weather pattern--Little sun and warm temps followed by cold and rain. With Monday and Tuesdays lows in the 20's and highs in the 40's we are going to Close Live Oak and keep Yaupon open. Monday we plan on getting some covers on the greens (2,3,8,11) to help keep the little bit of ground temps in the soil. We are also going to pull a couple of soil samples to send to the lab for Nematode counts-- Wednesday morning we will pull the covers and open Live Oak for play. Yesterday we vented the greens at Live Oak to do everything we can to keep air to the roots and let the gases release from the soil. We also plan to lightly topdress Live Oak next Thursday as the weather looks better. I will continue to update the plan going forward until we see better weather hopefully sooner than later.

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The GCM Staff