Welcome to the Course Maintenance blog for Blackwood Golf Club. The aim of this blog is to inform, educate and update on the work the course staff does to maintain and enhance the playing conditions for the enjoyment of the members. Check here throughout the year to get updates, news and view interesting pictures on what has been happening around the golf course.

Friday 26 August 2011

A Return to Greenkeeping

What a difference a week of good weather makes! This week saw us return to a more normal program of course maintenance which involved cutting all areas of the course as well as the additional tasks listed below -
  • Mini-tine greens/Roll greens (x2)
  • Fertilise greens and tees
  • Hedging of Cypress pines at 1st tee
  • Removal of dead wood from some Tasmanian Blue Gums
Verti-drain in action mini-tining the old putting green

Mini-tining of greens is a monthly practice carried out throughout the year. A 6mm width tine is used to punch holes 250mm deep to help relieve compaction, encourage deeper root growth, aid with water infiltration and to promote gaseous exchange. It takes @30-40 minutes to complete a green depending on size, the green is then rolled to return the surface to normal so as to cause minimal disruption to play.

Contractors at work on the Cypress pines at the 1st tee
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