Golf Course Greens Aerification 101
More Adventures of The World of Turf. We explore our fall aerification practices. Watch from your desk as the whole process unfolds.
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Golf Course Greens Aerification 101
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You’re an idiot
Are you so serious? 😀
i little black layer:D:D:D cancel your job :*
Thanks for showing. Good instructional video!!
This work has to be done whats the fuss…
Detroit
your a joke
It has to be done.
explain how you aerate with zero plugs ??? if the aerator is making a hole to fill with sand, then the plug has to pop out of the tine to make room for next plug and hole . been working golf course for 25 years …. never seen aerated greens without a ton of plugs to pick up and remove ????
of course aerating with solid tines isn't as effective as using coring tines ?? a lot less messy for sure but in my opinion not as effective as using core aerator process . just google aerating greens and mostly all videos show aerating with hollow core tines which leave plugs !!!
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Great tip!! Im doing that to my backyard!!!💯💯⛳⛳👊🏿👊🏿
P.s. The Green looked beautiful upon completion! 💯💯
The dog is the best part of the video !!
whats the machine called??
Back in the old days of the 70's-80's we would top dress then water in and touch up any missed or low spots, then we would put on an old set of reels or use another old machine and cut the greens to even them out then over the next few days make touch up adjustments. Then just to punish the old men crybabies i'd let the greens grow long for a couple days between cuts to aggravate them…..lol. I Always told them it was part of the "Recovery process".
how soon in the season can you plug the green,i made a green at my house and have been stumbiling along and I need some help.tks neil. I live in montreal Canada if this helps lol
How many of those workers did you hire from Home Depot? lol
So on a sand based green, how deep is the soil until it gets to sand?
where are the plugs?
Latino labor at work.
It's nice that implement also collects the cores.
I hate doing this but someones gotta do it
I am sorry if you have answered this before but what grass species is used on golf courses?
LMAO…firstly, I aerify my own greens, secondly, in the fall I have 4 employees, not what llooks like 20 or so, and never do I drive around and observe
Why don’t golf courses lower their green fees for greens in that condition? Just asking.
The local courses that i go to does not seem to broom the sand nicely like how its done in this video. When they do it, there's tons of sand on the green
As a Golfer Thank You in advance Regards to Ralphie 😉
Neat!
So the holes filled with sand then explain how grass regrows in those sand filled holes
https://youtu.be/BiBLASV-mKQ
Manual brooming is a waste of time
These look incredible even pre-roller. No big hops or direction changes in the ball you showed. I would definitely play this course after punching, you guys are great greens keepers.
Looking to sell my aerragreen machine 18k
What type of sand do you use? Thx
That is awesome tips about gold course
It is just too cliche these days for the superintendent to have their dogs with them 😂
he put down 25 tons in 1 day, with a crew, I can do 12 on my own in one day lol I can only imagine getting that sand moved is where most of the time is at.
Its always best to aerate at different depths, vertidrain is great for going really deep, 10 inches or so and great for compaction or black layer
Im also a superintendent, we have A4 bentgrass greens but the roots reach 10 to 12 inches from the maintenance practices we do but its also a private course so far less rounds being played
Why would you go to all the effort of plugging you greens, only to sand them with ZERO fertilizer or organic material added to feed you root structure? That is wrong. Verticut, mow,plug,fertilize,spread loam/compost/soil as needed, drag, THEN sand re-drag… water like hell for one cycle then back to schedule.
Where are the plugs?
why dont you drag mat it?
I work at saddle brooke ranch golf course by robson . We just started are aeration process this week .
great overview. curious what fertilizers you use? Also do you over seed?