Venting Greens

     With the high temperatures and high humidity we are spiking greens.  This helps greens dry down and  helps with gas exchange in the soil profile.  The greens need Oxygen to reach the roots and we need Carbon Dioxide to leave the root zone.  Too much of the later and you will see a decline in the turf.  We will spike the greens every other week.  You can hardly tell we spiked the greens.  We mow them after and the slits are barely visible.  We are also going to implement alternating mowing and rolling greens until the temperatures cool down.  You should not see any difference in ball roll on the greens on day we do not mow.  The rollers will smooth the putting surface.  As long has the heat stay with us we will continue this practice until it cools down.  Hopefully soon.