The last week has seen an area of high pressure dominate the weather. At this time of year that usually means humid dank mornings and lovely days. More or less what we have had. The afternoons have been fantastic with the sun still feeling warm but the mornings have been plagued by thick fog and messy cutting is inevitable.
To add to that leaves are coming down which require regular clearance. Growth has slowed however cutting still is going strong. Given the humid wet conditions disease pressure has been fairly high. A few signs of fusarium on the 12th and 2nd, our indicator greens show that it was the time to apply a preventative fungicide to try and stop further infection and damage.
The height of cut has been raised as growth has slowed and the turf needs de stressing after the intense cutting of summer golf. We have set the mowers at 4.25mm for the next few weeks.
The rescue application on the surrounds is really starting to kick in now. The next couple of weeks are going be where we see the rye starting to die off. Other grasses have yellowed but will recover slowly over time. To help recovery we have sprayed them with some liquid fertiliser and iron.
This is the 2nd surround. Originally this was one of the worst infected with coarse rye grass, this time I think there are only small patches that have re grown. After the rescue really takes it out we will know for sure.
The rest of the long rough is down and with a little to collect that job is nearly complete
