Saturday, May 21, 2011

Just Like That!

In the Last ten days we finally have had some long over due significant soaking rains. Our precipitation totals are just under 4" of a combination of rain and snow. In one of those days alone we received  7" inches of heavy wet snow that slowly melted down and moved through the soil profile.

Looking at our soils after the precipitation we have observed the moisture traveling down as far 6"-7" inches deep which is amazing.  Talk about a natural sodium flush!!  This deep penetration of water has moved the sodium out of the rootzone and allowed the other essential elements to become available to the plant.  This has produced great color and welcomed growth throughout the golf course.

Below are some images that I took yesterday morning that show how the course has responded from the precipitation.




Wednesday, May 11, 2011

A Matter Of Time


With the mild snow less winter we just experienced you knew it would be a matter of time before it would begin snowing.  Well it did and yes it's May 11th, I guess its better late than never.

This precipitation is extremely welcomed in any form, it will do wonders to the golf course by kick starting active growth which is just beginning to take place.