Verticutting Greens

     We are verticutting our greens today.  Verticutting is basically mechanically removing turf.  We have units that fit on our greens mower that have knives that look like a circular saw blade. They are spaced 1/2 inch apart. We set them to go into the turf at a set depth.  We can go from 0 to 1/8 inch down.  This removes excess thatch and cuts horizontal leaves off the bentgrass.  Bentgrass likes to grow horizontally and is a very big thatch producer.  Too much thatch is not good.  We want our grass to grow upright. Every place we cut the leaves off the bentgrass sends up a new leaf that grows vertical.  After we verticut you will notice the ball will roll true and straight.  This is labor intensive job.  3 people to do one job.  We will do it again just before we aerate greens.

 

Tim Verticutting  greens

Thatch  in bucket

Close up of green after verticut.  Notice lines

 



We remove a load of clippings and sand per green 

Video of verticutting