Last Monday we spent some time inter-seeding the greens. It was a several step process. The first step began with a light verticutting. Then we mowed and cleaned up the debris from the verticutting. After the debris was cleaned through mowing and blowing we poked holes with our bayonet tines for the seed to drop into. We used drop spreaders to disperse the seed onto the greens. These spreaders are a more accurate way to disperse seed than rotary spreaders. The greens were then rolled to initiate seed soil contact. Topdressing was applied at this point as well to aid further in creating good seed soil contact, which is crucial to seed germination. We also applied a fall granular fertilizer, as we typically do, to provide a constant food source as the temperatures fluctuate so much at this time of year. We want there to be a food source available when the temperatures are conducive to growth on our greens.
We began this inter-seeding program two years ago. The idea is to introduce potential for new growth into our greens. We are using the same grass type as what is currently in the greens. You may have heard of some people trying to change grass types through this process. However, we feel the cultivar we have is well adapted to our environment here and see no reason to change.
From bottom to top these pictures show the greens after being verticut, the holes being poked, and our own Brad Sladek putting the seed out.
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