Well were into September and it certainly feels like the summer is drawing to an end. The nights are getting darker and cooler and the trees are starting to change colour. This morning we had to clear a number of greens for needles, leaves and debris blown off trees nearby. The daytime temperatures are still good, and according to the weather forecast for the next two weeks they are not going to fall off to dramatically, excepting a small dip this weekend. I hate to mention badgers again so soon after our spring problems, but there was the first sign of damage this morning, on the 3rd surround. It was only a little scrape but nether the less its damage.
The area around the 3rd green was checked for chafer grubs however none were found, so i'm hopeful they are searching more than anything.
This morning Rob and myself started at 5.45 to continue with solid tining of the greens before a ladies competition started. We tined, seeded and topdressed 9 sections of 1-9 greens. Following this they were rolled with a heavy roller to smooth the surface.
As the greens are firm the heavy roller doesn't add too much deep compaction, but consolidates the surface to make them playable straight after the work. The 19-27 greens are coming on well after they were worked on last week and will be cut as normal this week.
Other tasks this week are to divot tees, cut down long rough and tidy around the trees in the long rough with the strimmers.
