We had another 8" in the month of July. That puts us to right at 40" for the year! Thankfully the temperatures haven't been too bad this summer or it may not be a pretty sight out here. Overall, we are in pretty good shape. The greens are still looking good and with the cool nights that we have had and we are forecasted to have, they should start looking even better.
Last week we put out a granular fertilizer to help the greens recover from all of the traffic. The fertilizer that we put out has really got the bentgrass growing. This, combined with moisture from the inch of rain we got last week, has really slowed them down. Monday morning we will be venting the greens to help dry them out. They should be a little quicker with the weather that we are having this week.
You may have seen some yellowing of some weeds and the bermudagrass on the course. Last week we went out with our second application of herbicide for the crabgrass that has come up in the last month or so. In the early spring we put out a herbicide to prevent weeds from coming up. Because of the wet year, we have had quite a bit of weed breakthrough. The bermudagrass will bounce back in a week or so. The crabgrass has just begun its slow death.
