If you have been on the course over the last couple of days you might have seen some fertilizer on our roughs. Yesterday we put out our first fertilizer application down in our rough areas. This was a 24-0-5 fertilizer which means it had 24% nitrogen, 0 phosphorous and 5% potassium. This is a slow release nitrogen product which should get us about 6 to 8 weeks of continuous fertilizer in our roughs. We went out at around 180lbs/Acre. That will give us 1 pound of nitrogen/1000ft. We put this out yesterday because looking at the forecast it looked like we should hopefully get some rain this weekend which will help water in the fertilizer.
We have also started a poa eradication program. I'm sure you have all seen the yellow turf in our greens which is poa annua. We started a program this week which over time will hopefully decrease our poa population. We are spraying a product called Trimmit. Trimmit is a growth regulator that will slow the growth of poa and allow the bentgrass to take over. You won't see any poa die from this application, over time you will just see less poa. This will be a long process. We can only safely spray Trimmit in the spring and fall because the summer temperatures are to hot here in Oklahoma. Hopefully in 2 to 3 years we will be able to see that this program is working for us here at SCC.
We hope that everybody is enjoying themselves out on the course this spring!
