The single most important process which will be carried out during renovations is the hollow tining of the greens. This involves mechanically removing 8mm plugs from the greens then replacing them with sand, calcium, magnesium and organic matter. This helps remove large amounts of thatch and allows us to introduce large amounts of much needed nutrients to the soil profiles of our greens. The greens are also scarified twice prior to hollow tining to remove additional thatch. This will help us maintain healthy greens throughout the warm summer by improving the surface drainage and gaseous exchange in the greens.
Sanctuary Cove Golf Course Maintenance
Monday, September 27, 2010
Renovations - Hollow tining
The single most important process which will be carried out during renovations is the hollow tining of the greens. This involves mechanically removing 8mm plugs from the greens then replacing them with sand, calcium, magnesium and organic matter. This helps remove large amounts of thatch and allows us to introduce large amounts of much needed nutrients to the soil profiles of our greens. The greens are also scarified twice prior to hollow tining to remove additional thatch. This will help us maintain healthy greens throughout the warm summer by improving the surface drainage and gaseous exchange in the greens.
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what was your process? i just cored recently and our existing fescue yellowed off - used a calcium product soon after - wish i had used the same process as you - how did you work in the nutrients and sand?
ReplyDeleteThe best way of working any amendments in is to add it to the sand prior to top dressing. This means that you can work the products into the soil profile where you need it. It takes a bit of maths to work out your application rates of sand and amendments but once you get it right you will save yourself a heap of time on spreading amendments by hand.
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