The staff has been doing a great job preparing our new fescue areas on the North and West courses and we are now seeding. Here are a few pictures of the process involved with seeding them. |
| Frances, one of our Chinese interns, is mowing the dead turf down to 1" to prepare for seeding. Leaving a little bit of dead grass on top is a good thing as it serves as a germination mulch or straw which helps retain moisture and heat for germination. |
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| After the old turf has been cut down to 1", a tractor seeder is used to distribute the new fescue seed. The seeder cuts thin groves in the ground and drops seed at the correct rate directly into them. |
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| Finally, we use portable "roller basin"sprinklers for establishment because the rain all fell in June and July this year instead of August! |
