Links News
by Tom Lipscomb, Director of Argonomy
I wanted to take a minute to talk about our winter overseeding. It is taking longer than normal to fill-in and I’m not very excited about it. It has improved greatly, but it is still not as far along as I would expect. I’ve made several calls to the supplier and breeder, along with another club that uses Perennial Ryegrass to over-seed their fairways. Both the supplier and breeder said they have received many calls from Superintendents in the western portions of the country concerning slower establishment this year, regardless of whether it was Perennial or Intermediate Ryegrass. The one consistent observation each club reported to the supplier and breeder is that the Bermudagrass continued to actively grow much later into the fall, causing a delay in the establishment of the Ryegrass overseeding. We are experiencing a similar situation here. If you look at our fairways today you can still see green bermudagrass, but I think now the Bermudagrass has slowed enough to allow the Ryegrass to continue its establishment process. In the meantime, we are continuing to seed any slower growing or thin areas of establishment and we are fertilizing the fairways every ten days to help hasten their establishment. The good news is that I do see a lot of Ryegrass coming up in thinner areas now that the Bermudagrass has stopped its growth. I also see a lot of new germination in the areas we have seeded twice. We appreciate your patience during this time, and I feel confident that the Ryegrass establishment should move much quicker now and we will soon have a very nice playing surface.
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