For all intents and purposes it is certainly summer already with the 30 degree mark being surpassed three times in the compound this week. Full scale irrigation is under way and a couple of calm nights followed some of the very windy days week allowing for some non-wind affected irrigation and you can certainly see the difference in some of the fairways. Nothing is as good as rain water though but there's not much of that in sight unfortunately.
I said last week
that we would make a mess on the left side of 1W green this week and we did
exactly that! Three unknown pipes in the first few metres of trenching had our
hearts in our mouths but it all finished up ok. We re-located the 6 inch
irrigation main as well as the irrigation controller power and they are now a
minimum of 1.8 metres under the ground down the left side. This means
that we have no restriction when adjusting levels on the left side where the
green is to be extended.
1W trenching |
The River greens
have started to wake from their winter and we took the opportunity to give them
a good de-thatch and sanding on Thursday as part of their preparations for the
Pro am on next Friday week. The sand also contains some Gypsum which is vital
in combating some of the undesirable ingredients in our irrigation water, particularly
the salts. There is also some humic compost blended with the sand which
helps give the greens some nutrient, but not too much.
EDIT; Wow how the forecast can change with some rain due next week now to coincide with the start of the greens project unfortunately. Hopefully it's not the start of an early wet spell though but my websites tell me a very high probability of 25mm+ on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
EDIT; Wow how the forecast can change with some rain due next week now to coincide with the start of the greens project unfortunately. Hopefully it's not the start of an early wet spell though but my websites tell me a very high probability of 25mm+ on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
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