This week we have had a couple of educational events for the greens staff. First up we had Ian Levelle from complete amenity turf with his self invented sarrel roller. Obviously these have been around for sometime but he has made his own version that he brought to malton and invited other greenkeepers from around this area to view it in action.
Next all the staff visited the stri in bingley for there 'live' event. As seen in the photo above. This event discusses and showcases all the hot topics in greenkeeping at the moment. A interesting and good day out.
Unfortunately the course had a deluge of rain on Tuesday which brought 30mm of rain throughout the day.
The staff battled throughout the day to remove water from the greens and by 2.30 the course was dry enough to begin play. Some may think what's the point if opening at that time but there was still sufficient time to play 18 holes and the course was more than playable so why not. The review system we have in place is exactly for this situation.
This week we are trying to make up for the day lost due to rain, cutting at a pace to wrestle against the ever continuing growth.
Work has continued cleaning out the pond at the 8th. Still more to be done yet.
Long rough is still being cut and collected. And areas cut and cleared by hand.
Tees and the practice area have been sprayed for worms. This prevents them casting rather than killing them.
The surrounds have also been sprayed with 'rescue' which kills and removes rye grass. Rye grass is a clumpy unsightly grass, especially the coarse varieties we have at malton and norton
The surrounds on the course will look green/ blue to begin with as due is added to the chemical to see where has been sprayed. After a couple of weeks the grass will start to show signs of stress before the effected grasses begin to die back. They then will be fertilised and aerated going into autumn.
