Greenkeeper's report
Work being carried out week commencing Monday 20th January: - Trim path edges, repair/replace broken rails and top up paths with cockle shells
- Cut greens, spike greens (8mm solid tines) and change holes after work has been done (providing ground conditions dry out enuff to do work)
- Clear stones and wood chip 5th gorse plantation
- Burn branches/gorse from 17th wood area and 1st gorse plantations
- Carry out drainage work on 17th green (add move drainage pipe to existing pipe work and dig a sump)
- Finish planting new trees
Work done: - Tree plantations on both sides of 18th hole have had low branches cut and areas tidied up
- Finished tidying and clearing up cuttings on 7th hedge
- 1st path had its edges trimmed, repaired/replace broken rails and topped up with cockle shells
- Started planting new trees on the course
- 8th gorse plantations was tidied up (cleared up stones and wood chipped the area)
- G.U.R bare areas on the course
- Tees mats on par 3 holes were brushed
- Installed artificial turf around 1st/10th hole tee stones and hole sign (we are doing this as trial to see how it performs first) if this is a success it will save a lot of man hours (won’t need to trim around them) and will also look tidy all year round
As you are probably be aware a lot of greens and fairways are being pecked by birds which are after leather jackets (or commonly known as daddy-long legs) leather jackets can kill the grass as they feed on the grassroots. In the past we could spray chemicals to kill the leather jackets but the chemical has now been banned, so there is nothing we can do to stop them at the moment.
Peter Connett (Head Greenkeeper)
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