Today we fertilized greens with a granular product. Greens only get two granular applications a year, 1 in the spring and 1 in the fall, paired with the timing of aerification, and then just small amounts of various liquid products during the growing season. This allows us to "spoon feed" the plant exactly what it needs and regulate our growth to a minimal level to maintain the green speeds that we want.
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| Fertilizing greens - 1 direction, overlapping half way with half the rate to achieve accuracy |
One thing we do different than a lot of people is to fertilize the greens 5 days before aerification. Our philosophy with this is that it takes 5-7 days for the product to dissolve into solution, be taken up by the plant, and to start growth. By doing this now, the plant is actively growing the day we aerify and it considerably speeds up our recovery time after aerfication. Many people aerify their greens and then fertilize right when they are done, I feel they loose a week of active growth by doing this and this is how we have been able to get our greens to recover so quickly after an intense aerification.
Yes, when we aerify we do remove about 15-18% of the green, organic matter, so we are removing that amount of our fertilizer, but I truly feel it is worth it when you consider a week of growth in the recovery process. Greens aerification will be next week April 16 and 17, and the course will be closed for those two days.
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