Today
the golf course operations staff is “aerifying” the tees at Olde Florida Golf
Club. When hollow tine aerification (also known as aeration) is performed it
achieves four important objectives; it increases oxygen levels in the soil, it relieves compaction, it provides a
method to improve the soil and it reduces or prevents the accumulation of
excess thatch. All four functions of aeration are key to the overall vigor of
the turfgrass and playability of the golf course.
Traditional
(hollow tine) core aerification is always performed in the summer months at
Olde Florida Golf Club. Among other reasons, this is when the warm-season
turfgrass (bermudagrass) is most actively growing and the length of recovery is
lessened.
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