Last week was one of the hottest in memory for me. I don’t ever remember it being this hot, for this long, this early in the year. Last year, there was a stretch of 21 days where the weather was similar. But, that started on July 20th. We are now wrapping up our 3rd major heat wave of the summer on July 8th. Most of the turf has survived quite nicely. Dollar spot is showing it’s ugliness on the fairways and tees. Greens, tees and fairways were sprayed last week.
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| This is where we missed applying fungicide to an area. |
Pythium showed itself early in the week on 15 and 16 fairways. When we see this we stake off the area, to avoid traffic through the area and the chance of spreading the disease. When the night time temperatures are as high as they were last week, Ruth and I spend the morning looking at the turf and searching for any signs of disease.
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| Staking of area infected with Pyhtium |
Even though the afternoon rains caused for the outbreak of the diseases, last week. The rains did wonders for greening the playing areas up. It just shows you how much more a rainfall can do in a short period of time, compared to the irrigation system.
Cheers Kendall
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