Over the last week or so, we have been making our final preparations for winter. Beginning last Friday we gave all the bentgrass areas their final mowing of the season. Surprisingly we still cut a fair amount of grass in some areas of the fairways, but on greens and tees there wasn't many clippings. I take this as a sign that the grass has finally gone into dormancy and we can stop mowing and begin our last tasks in getting the course ready for winter.
On Tuesday we took advantage of the warm weather and applied dormant fertilizer to the greens and the tees, and then watered it into the soil . Dormant fertilizer helps the turf to stay strong through the winter and helps it to green up quickly in the spring. Wednesday we began applying preventative snow mold fungicide on the fairways, and we will complete the greens and tees today.
Tomorrow, we will be blowing all the water out of the irrigation system, so if you are out on the course don't be alarmed by sprinklers popping on and off.
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