Summer Aerification, 1/4 inch tines

It may seem like we aerify greens just when they are starting to play their best, but the reason we do it is to keep them playing their best.  Today, we opened up the greens using some small, 1/4 inch tines.  This process was different than our spring and fall aerifications in a few ways.  For one, the holes are a little smaller meaning faster heal time.  We also dragged the plugs with a mat before picking them up to return some soil to the greens and speed the process.  Finally, we did not "cover" the greens with sand, but we will apply our regular, light topdress later in the week.

Here are a few pics of the work:

The first green nearly finished at 7:30

A very small plug with some nice roots

#16 

Dragging the plugs on #12

We expect the greens to be all healed up in about 3 days.  I'll be sure to share a photo of many white roots climbing down the channels we just made.  This process will benefit the greens for the rest of summer and is timed well for the upcoming, warm weather.  

We also had the wet well go in today.  Here is one picture for now with more to come tomorrow