A golf course at last!  Still thin and weak in places just of greens and path ends but much improved in the last 2 weeks.

11th hole

Fairways, Tees and Aprons have been fed this week with a concoction of 2 different fertilizers.  A Prilled Urea to promote strong shoot growth and a Potassium Nitrate to encourage roots.  Together with this we included Sulphate of Iron, this provides a lovely dark colour and hardens the leaf blade to further strengthen the plant.  On top of this were 3 further ingredients.  2 selective herbicides, when working together they provide control of a large variety of different weeds in the sward and you will already notice the weeds shriveling up even after 3 days.  Finally we included a growth regulator which provides a more consistent stable growth pattern.  Most fairways on the Abbotts now have a good dense sward with only a few still with poor patches although these are filling in quickly now.  

A busy period on the golf course at the moment as you would expect.  Greens received a solid tine and dress this week along with a verti-cut just to tidy up the surfaces.  All greens have been feed with a liquid feed which will now be the format for the rest of the summer, a light feed every 2-3 weeks just to keep the surfaces tight and rolling along.

a verti-cut unit designed to cut lateral growth and promote an upright habit

3/8th tines down to 2" with around 1/2 a tonne of sand on each green

The 1st bunker will be back in play by the weekend, once it has been topped up.  The 16th Tee is now back on a receiving light use.  It is now being cut at Tees height but we will monitor wear and rest this Tee if we feel it is becoming worn out.