Last Sunday and Monday we aerated our greens. We used a deep drill machine that makes a 9 inch deep hole and our Toro Pro core aerator that goes down 3 to 3.5 inches deep. This is a very labor intensive project to take on. We had 10 people counting myself helping out to get this done in 2 days. We first verticut all of the greens. Then E and E Enterprise came in with two Floyd McKay deep drill machines. After they were done we came behind them with our Toro Pro Core aerator. Now the work begins, we have to pick up all the cores. Blow open any aerifying holes that are covered up. Topdress greens with sand. Drag sand into holes. Apply a granular fertilizer and a soil conditioner. Change the cup, and lastly turn the water on. That is all. It takes us 16 hours to do 19 greens if everything goes smoothly. We used 40 tons of Sand, 350 lbs. of Fertilizer, 300 lbs. of soil conditioner and 70,000 gallons of water. It will take about one week to 10 days for greens to fill in.
Green is verticut
Deep Drill Machines
Here is hole spacing for Deep Drill
Dan using Pro Core. Staff ready to pick up plugs
Topdressing aerated green.
Ready for the brush.
Brushing in topdressing.
Ready for water to be turned on.
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