Monday, May 18, 2015

Stage 1 of our 2015 Golf Course renovation is complete!

Stage 1 of this Summers project has come to a close making way for the next step. Stage 1, which was a "in-house" project was performed by the Maintenance team at VPGC. Stage 1 is defined by the following; 1. Spray out new green areas with 2 "Total Kill" herbicide. 2. Remove sod in collars that will be part of the new greens.(collar turf is Bermuda 419 and MUST be removed as it is an aggressive turfgrass that could regenerate if not removed.) 3. Scalp and vertical cut dead foliage on existing TifDwarf greens to create solid planting surface. 4. Install "greensmix" to new perimeters that was removed in what was the collar previously. This material consists of 80% fine sand and 20% Florida Peat Moss. 5. Grade perimeter area to match depth and height to existing grade of existing greens. 6. Aerify (8 times) existing greens area and push cores into perimeters to assist with leveling. 7. Fumigate (contractor) all new greens to ensure that there are no previous grasses and/or insects and nematodes for grow-in. 8. Grade new greens to ensure surface water movement. 9. Apply several "pre plant" soil conditioners and ammendments. Followed by several varieties of Natural and Organic fertilizers. The team from Champion Turf Farms will be on site tomorrow (May 19th) to sprig all 23 of our greens. At that point, we will move to Stage 2 (grow-in of greens) and Stage 3 (demolition and tilling up the tees for leveling)

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