Mixing in the Good Stuff

During the past week we finished preps for the 5th tee ready for turf.
Rotary tilled the good stuff in ( organics ) 
Connor loves the stuff, he says it's good for the immune system ! Jack not so much wearing his charcoal disposposble mask and arm length hi vis.

After final levels were set, we also applied carbon products along with molasses, kelp and various elements to "charge" the soil profile, ready to sustain turf growth.

All under the ever present watchful eye of our supervisors 
he wasn't happy with that particular level 

She just wants the turf down 

We will turf the area early next week and plan to have it ready for play by the end of December, in time for the 2023 Capel Open. 

1 Green RHS improvements.
Though this work was not scheduled to commence for a few weeks, with Ron Grant and the loan excator both available and on site with no guarantee when both would be free in future we had to make the most of the opportunity to get the work started.

With a large number of surface tree roots, the aim of the project is to improve the safety and surface conditions in the area, (if I'm honest to also encourage players to miss to the green on their approach, thereby reducing the incidence of unrepaired pitch marks) !!!!
300mm Trench was dug to remove some close to surface dangerous tree roots encroaching towards the green.
Surface roots were removed manually.

The depth and nature of removal mean the tree health will not be impacted with deeper roots not pruned.
Retic was also added tapping into the existing lines and installing a small row of sprinklers to improve irrigation and turf coverage.
 

It is not the finished product, there is still some work to attend in the area with some more surface roots to remove, added fill to level and plan to stolonise the area with wintergreen couch while also seeding the area with a shade tolerant turf variety.
With this part of the task complete earlier than anticipated the later steps to completion will resume as time permits.

I am positive our supervisors will be keen to inspect the finished product

Till next time 
Happy Hooking

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