Slit tining greens

We slit tined our greens today. This process has many advantages, regular slit tining breaks up soil compaction and provides optimal conditions for healthy root growth, cutting thousands of roots and in turn promoting thousands more to grow. It also increases air movement within the soil, which is essential for healthy turf.

Re-sodding No. 4 green

This week we started the project of re-sodding the 4th green. Over time the plant has thinned out and moss had started to creep into the green. This is due to the lack of sunlight the green receives and the poor air movement in the area. The large evergreen trees behind the green block out the sun completely in winter months and stop air circulation. In the near future we plan to greatly reduce the height of these trees.
We started by removing the old sod from the the green, raking the area and applying an organic fertiliser. We then began to lay the new sod which was taken from the old 11th green on the lakes course. The project will be finished early this week and we hope to have the new green ready for play at the start of the golfing season.