More issues with irrigation water supply this week after a significant algal bloom developed on the storage pond we pump from and our pumps keep sucking it in.  With irrigation water supply not guaranteed and certainly severely reduced we have only been irrigating greens and selected tees this week.  Some rain would be most welcome at the moment.

I often mention the growth regulator we use and in the latest application to the River fairways we had a blocked nozzle.  The nozzles are located under a shroud to protect them from wind but the operator can't see them and therefore doesn't know if one or more are blocked.  We check them at the start of spraying and it is very rare for them to block once spraying has commenced.  The photo below just shows how effective the product is with the line from the blocked nozzle apparent but what is more apparent is the scalped turf that didn't receive the growth regulator.  I think I have said it before but I don't know what I would do without it.

Scalped turf all along the nozzle line.

 

The recent fertiliser applications coupled with some excellent growing weather have certainly got the grass growing.  The photo below is of 4R tee with about the least amount of shade it receives all year and fully grassed.  If only it stayed like this year round.  

4RT looking good.