Today I planted a handful of perennials at the new teaching building on the driving range tee. This will add color and finish off the landscape. Pachysandra, a hardy ground cover, was also planted to establish a nice edge to the beds.
Just a pretty picture of #2 as the sun rises.
Our Zoysia tees were triple cut today; the first time they've been mowed. With our cold night temps they haven't grown a whole lot. They are starting to green and I made the decision to put the blue markers back on these tees. I've also come to the conclusion that the sod farm treated this sod with a chemical pre-emergent because I am not getting any seed germination (rye, bent or bluegrass) whatsoever. We are going to keep on with the plan and wait for the pre-emerge to wear off. With warm weather finally here, I expect these things to jump. Once they do, I will aerify them and that will help punch holes through that chemical barrier.
I bought 15 triploid grass carp for the pond on #15. These carp eat algae and other invasive aquatic weeds. They are very active when they are young and stop eating once they get bigger. I remember Rickey Holland would shoot them with a 12 gauge and eat them. Ever wonder what the term, Triploid means? It simply means the fish were fixed so they can't reproduce. I guess it is like having your dog neutered! If they were allowed to reproduce, they may become overpopulated, I suppose.
Finally, I am trying to pre-germinate grass seed to fill divots with at the driving range. Talking with a California superintendent, he swears by this program. I have also talked with others who havent had the same kind of success. It will be interesting to see how it does. I will soak the ryegrass seed for 3-4 days, take it out of the water and then apply it to the divots. The idea is that the root and shoot will have emerged and ready will take off faster compared to the traditional method of using a dry seed and sand mixture. The hard part will be keeping the germinated seed wet enough that it won't wilt and die.