Today we received what will be our last full load of sod for the golf course. This load allowed us to complete #11 and #12. Both areas turned out great! We will need about 14 pallets of sod to finish off the golf course and the earliest we'll be able to get that sod is Tuesday morning, April 28th.
On a positive note, we are expected to receive a measurable amount of rainfall this weekend which will help get us caught up on irrigation and also help new sod root into the soil. I'm occasionally asked about our irrigation system and why we need rain, if we can provide our own, through sprinkler heads? The simple answer to that is, no irrigation system is designed to replace natural rainfall. Rather, it is used to supplement rainfall. No irrigation system can deliver the uniform distribution of water as well as great water quality, that Mother Nature can! After a needed rainfall, you often see a nice green-up of lawns and plants. This happens for two reasons. First, is the obvious plant need for water, given the cells that makeup a plant, contain 90% water. The second reason for the green up is atmospheric nitrogen. Nitrogen is the main nutrient that drives the vegetative growth of plants. When combined with rainfall, it's the equivalent of turf receiving a fertilization of a rate of approximately 1/10th of a pound of Nitrogen per 1,000 square feet. This is the amount of nitrogen that we foliar spray the putting greens with at HCC, over a two week period, to give you a comparison.
