Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Greens Spiking and Wetting Agent

    Yesterday we took advantage of another closed Monday and spiked greens.  Spiking greens is a less aggressive way to aerify.  The spikes go about 1 to 1.5 inches into the ground.  Although we aren't getting 4 to 5 inches down like we would with our Procore, we still get great benefits out of this. Anytime you can open up the canopy and relieve some compaction and add oxygen to the root zone is a good thing.  Behind the spiking, we used our greens roller to roll everything back smooth.  We followed our roller by making a wetting agent application. Wetting agents help keep consistent moisture across the entire green and helps drive water through the soil so our greens don't stay to wet.  Below are some pictures and a few videos of our process yesterday.