We are giving our Fairways some love. We are pulling cores out of the fairways to help with thatch reduction and gas exchange in the root system. Oxygen is very important to turfgrass, they get oxygen through the root system. Pulling cores, also help water movement into the soil profile more evenly.
This is a very slow process. The tractor pulling the Pro Core is going around 2 mph. It took us 5 hours just to aerify #1 and #2 fairways. After the cores are pulled out of the ground they need to dry down. We then run a metal drag mat across them to break them up. The final step is to sweep up what is left with our Smithco Big Vac.
Looks like we will be working on this for about 2 weeks if rain stays away. We need lots of sunshine to help dry the cores out. While we are doing this, we ask that all carts stay off the plugs in the fairway. Please keep your cart on the path until we can clean up the cores.
