We have been busy lately sodding fairways. We have sodded # 2, #7, #9, #12, #13 and #17 fairways. The main culprit of our Zoysia decline or death is too much moisture this past winter and spring. Zoysia does not like to be overly wet. Since last October we have received 42'' of rain, snow or ice. The same time period the year before we only received 28.11'' of moisture. Our average rainfall is around 44'' a year. Zoysia grass does not go completely dormant in the winter. It has live tissue above the ground just under the brown leaves. This is why in wet winters and springs you can have decline or death. We still have lot of small areas that need fixing throughout our fairways. We will continue fixing these areas for the next few weeks.
Water sitting in fairway.
Removing dead sod #12 fairway.
Laying new Zoysia sod #12.
We have also been busy solid tining our greens. With the wet conditions we do not want our root zone in our greens getting too wet. Solid tining help our greens breath and root system dry out. We use needle tines that punch a small 1/4'' hole. After we roll and mow you can hardly see the holes. This is one of the most important cultural practices we will do during the hot summer months. Solid tining will be done at least once per month through August.
ProCore punching holes.
Notice no cores just holes.
