Today some of the early golfers may have seen us running our Toro aerifier on Greens. The perception is we are "aerifying" Greens, however a closer look shows what we are actually accomplishing. These solid tines are 5" long and much smaller diameter than a coring tine. They are going 4" deep to allow oxygen into the soil. It is also alleviating compaction and creating channels through the organic matter layer. This lets the roots breathe, helps water get deeper into the soil to the roots, and loosens up high trafficked areas. With so many benefits it is easy to see why we do it.The great advantage to using these small tines to vent the Greens is once the roller goes over it, you cant even tell we did anything. Heres a photo of the roller smoothing out the holes. You can see the non-rolled Green on the right just after we vented it. The ball putts nice and smooth on the section on the left where the cup is.
With 10+ days of 90+ degree weather later this week, its important to take advantage of this cooler weather.
