Straight into the sauna

Just over a month ago we were yearning for some bermudgrass growing weather and boy do we have it now. Temperatures and humidity have been stiffling and the thunderstorms have been hitting their target all week. Over 3" of rain has come down this week. The storm that came through Tuesday night included some serious winds in the 2-13 corridor of the Manakin. The wind blew over the heavy divot and cold towels chests at the cross over and knocked any kind of loose pine straw out of the trees. The bermudagrass is loving life with all the rain. We were able to mow everything out Monday and Tuesday as well as get some growth regulator out on our 85 acres of short grass across both courses. Our older bentgrass on the Manakin greens is certainly in survival mode with the heat and excessive rain but now is when you see all of our programs pay dividends, really all across the property. Fungicide programs, wetting agent strategy, fan placement and operation, aeration and topdressing techniqu...