Tine and feed

This week we have started to micro tine the greens, 19-27 and the front putting green have been completed. We are using 8mm tines at a depth of 150mm at 50mm x 50mm spacings. This will allow the surface to remain open and improve rooting coming into the cooler seasons. All the greens were then fed with a mix of 3kg N, iron, seaweed and a small quantity of growth regulator as soil temperatures have risen in the last couple of days stimulating growth again.

Fertiliser watered in following application to ensure it is taken up by the roots of the plant. A foliar feed of phosphite will be applied later this week to boost the natural defences of the plants coming into a period of high disease pressure.

 

The plant conditioner is a rapidly absorbed foliar feed that provides high levels of phosphite - a nutrient known to stimulate healthy growth and support the plant's natural defences.

 

It behaves in a completely different manner to conventional phosphate fertilisers. It is rapidly absorbed into the plant leaves where it is translocated as phosphite within the plant cells. This stimulates strong, healthy growth and plants with a better root structure that are more able to withstand stress. The phosphite is rapidly distributed througout the plant using both upward and downward transport systems (xlyem and phloem) ensuring all parts of the plant are quickly affected.

 

We are continuing to brush opposed to grooming to reduce stress, but to ensure lateral growth in the sward is controlled to some degree.