Monday, June 2, 2014

A Breath of Fresh Air...

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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