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| Sodded Collar after being mowed at .400" |
During the early summer aerification, one of the projects
that we’ve already discussed was the replacement of the greens collars that had
been encroached by the zoysia grass in the roughs that surround them. It is now time for phase two of that project. As the collars are now established and have rooted in very nicely, we have begun
mowing them at a height of .400” and they are smoothing out and getting better
as we continue to lightly topdress them on a weekly basis. This week, we will also begin the process of
getting the collar width back to a consistent
32” continuous pass around all of the greens. Some of the green/collar areas that the
zoysia had encroached into were farther than the 32” and required that some of the
green surface be sodded as well. We now feel that with the sod having a strong
root base, we can begin the process of marking our 32’ width and begin
scalping these areas down to greens height.
These areas will appear brown for the next couple of weeks until the
turf is trained down to its new height, but they will green up as we continue to
topdress and fertilize. Below are a few
pictures from the process’ we use.
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| Marking the 32" collar width |
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| Scalping the sod down to greens height |
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