tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14835753393058697362024-02-07T00:36:20.640-08:00Kirtlington Greenkeeping BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.comBlogger143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-72915191329024458072016-11-15T14:56:00.000-08:002016-11-15T14:56:01.192-08:00November 2016Please follow our Twitter page KGC Greenkeepers for all the latest Greenkeeping news....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-27605539819359832072016-05-15T13:25:00.000-07:002016-05-15T13:25:11.606-07:00Wentworth Greenkeeping support team 2016Congratulations again to Brett and Steve who have been selected for the second year running to be part of the 'European Tour' Greenkeeping support team at Wentworth at the end of May.<br />
Well done to Ollie too who was on standby but has now been asked to work day one of the tournament.<br />
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This gives the boys fantastic experience working and supporting in one of the biggest golf tournaments in the world.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-55141762919391349462016-05-15T13:16:00.001-07:002016-05-15T13:16:47.742-07:00May 2016Grass cutting now in full flow with temperatures starting to rise..<br />
All bunkers have now been weeded and tidied up for the first time this year.<br />
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This week we will be over seeding and top dressing the greens..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-29375816866665128432016-04-20T14:23:00.002-07:002016-04-20T14:23:16.965-07:00AprilFinally It's feeling like spring and the grass is starting to grow.. Course finally starting to dry up too allowing us to cut some rough and put some stripes around the place...<br />
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Good luck to everyone taking part in the masters this week!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-67142759850484443762016-03-14T14:29:00.001-07:002016-03-14T14:29:44.825-07:0014th March Main 18 greens top dressed to nearly complete the greens maintenance on them.<br />
Overseeding and fertilisation will follow over the next couple of weeks.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-46078758089233017722016-03-03T14:34:00.001-08:002016-03-03T14:34:43.926-08:00March - Greens WorkMonday 7th of March is the planned start date of the greens maintenance...<div>
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After a couple of frosty mornings and a few other methods (including Colin the Cat haha) being tested out we've finally started minimising the crow damage on and around greens...<br />
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In other news - Spring is slowly coming around along with greens maintenance which is planned to start on Monday March the 7th. Further information on this will follow closer to the time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-24991880955747737512016-01-31T12:06:00.003-08:002016-01-31T12:06:56.135-08:00February 2016After probably the busiest January we've ever had due to continued crow damage and wet weather weather we finally move in to February and closer to spring and greens maintenance.<br />
At the end of January myself, Brett and Ollie did manage to get away for two days to go on lots of work courses in Harrogate at the country's Greenkeeping exhibition.<br />
As well as learning lots, keeping up to date with the latest legislation and new machinery on the market, we also got to do a bit of networking. Oh and a well deserved cheeky beer at night :)<br />
Below are some of the seminars we attended continuing our Cpd qualifications.....<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-75737043171019571522016-01-09T13:27:00.002-08:002016-01-09T13:27:51.322-08:00Happy new year to everyone!!!The first couple of weeks of 2016 has seen us battle everyday with crow damage and also severe wet areas in some parts of the course.<br />
The crows have been very active looking for chafer grubs and at the same time causing a lot of work for us.<br />
They don't seem to be scared by scare crows, golfers or even gun shots and the chemical/insecticide we normally use to minimise chafer grubs has currently been taken off the market and is no longer for sale. Imidacloprid is the active ingredient in merit turf which we have used in the past.<br />
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We are hoping that the cold weather which is forecast over the next few weeks should hopefully slow their activity down abit.<br />
All the surrounds and greens will be heavily over seeded and top dressed early spring and we're confident all the damaged areas will come back better than ever.<br />
Please see below photos of damage and the grubs they are searching for.<br />
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Not looking forward to cutting greens next week if this rain carries on... Haha<br />
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MERRY CHRISTMAS from the Greenkeeping team!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-28402613720818225492015-12-17T09:21:00.000-08:002015-12-17T09:21:03.428-08:00Bird damageAlong with the challenging mild conditions this winter which has kept us cutting more than we ever have done, we're also spending lots of time fixing bird damage!!!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-19787451850217284482015-12-09T10:56:00.001-08:002015-12-09T10:56:28.606-08:008th-9th of December - Micro Tining This week we have micro-tined the main 18 greens at 4 inches deep followed by cutting and rolling them. The turf iron we use to roll the greens after is fantastic and smoothes out the putting surface that much you can hardly tell they've been areated.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-68370825950499315892015-12-08T15:30:00.003-08:002015-12-08T15:30:58.853-08:00Dec 2015<span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">As the mild winter continues, so does the disease activity on and around the greens.</span><br />
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<span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">HEAD </span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">GREENKEEPERS REPORT –</span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;"> ANNUAL</span></div>
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<span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">G</span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">ENERAL </span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">M</span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">EETING</span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">20</span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">1</span><span class="s3" style="text-decoration: underline;">5</span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">The s</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">pring of 2015 was particularly cold and this created problems </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">in </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">getting the course </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">up </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">to the desired condition early</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">.</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;"> </span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">Although the greens were performing well i</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;">t</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;"> was late May before I was completely satisfied</span></span><span class="s5" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="bumpedFont15" style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 21px;"> with the greens surfaces. It was a problem experienced by most golf clubs across the country and in fact we seemed to create better surfaces earlier than most. Once temperatures improved we quickly got up and running and remaining weather patterns for the year have been quite conducive to creating good playing surfaces. Only for a short period in July did the course become a little too dry and bouncy.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-29645732018122205122015-11-14T15:52:00.000-08:002015-11-14T15:52:33.733-08:0015-11-15 latest news on the course!! A very busy few weeks on the course with the grass still growing and the usual autumn work being carried out.<br />
All bunkers on the main 18 have been strimmed, weeded and edged while plans have been put in place to re-shape and tidy up the bunkers on the Blenheim course and also a couple on the main 18.<br />
Blenheim greens have been micro tined this week along with the usual weekly slitting of all 27 greens.<br />
Tees are still getting cut twice a week while the greens are three times weekly at the height of 5mm.<br />
Greens have been sprayed with micro nutrients, root enhancers and also a turf hardener.<br />
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Darker dewy mornings are now here, so lots of brushing and slitting of greens present along with lots of solid tining of tees and wet areas!<br />
This time of the year with the current weather is perfect for disease so we are keeping a very close eye on the greens each morning. A contact and systemic Fungicide will be sprayed as soon as disease appears.<br />
We are currently also spraying for worms as casting is getting a bit messy in certain areas.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-29564774680951264812015-10-11T12:08:00.000-07:002015-10-11T12:08:55.684-07:00Oct 2015Congratulations to Pam and her family along with all the staff here at the Golf Club, September see us celebrate 20 years since the club formed with a party and golf comps which see lots of past members come back to play.<br />
We managed to get a small fountain in the 7th lake in time for this.<br />
Since then we've carried on with lots of odd jobs and spiked more of the wet areas on the greens, followed by seed and sand filling in the holes.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-75138337207020561092015-09-21T13:08:00.001-07:002015-09-21T13:37:19.826-07:0021st Sept 15Last week see us spike, overseed and top dress the Blenheim nine hole course tees. A dwarf Rye blend was used along with straight sand over the top followed by solid tine holes punching the sand in to the profile.<br />
The aprons were also spiked and then fertiliser was applied over the top.<br />
On the main course, general maintenance has carried on keeping the greens in good shape for the latest big comps and roll ups.<br />
September has seen quite a bit of rainfall leading to flush growth in some areas giving us lots of cutting on the mowers.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-12007246769659187852015-09-05T11:42:00.000-07:002015-09-05T11:42:31.638-07:00Sept 2015Apologies for the delay, I've been away on honeymoon :)<br />
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I had to come back to help rescue Brett and the boys with the greens maintenance haha...<br />
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All greens and surrounds have now been verti cut, scarified, over seeded, top dressed, fertilised, cut, rolled and watered..<br />
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Blenheim 9 hole course due to start this Tuesday.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-36483946628115595352015-07-13T12:51:00.001-07:002015-07-13T12:51:23.505-07:00July 2015A busy month has seen all hands to the deck with lots of work going on all over the course... All bunkers strimmed and tidied, the greens taken down to 4mm and were stimping at around 9.8 - 10 for Club Championships, bits of the 5" rough was cut back and dry patches on the greens were hand watered..<br />
Congratulations to Paul Slade who won this year's big comp!!<br />
Other bits and bobs - Brett and Steve went on a day course which was based on soil science which was very interesting..<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-73537576793181446802015-06-20T10:52:00.000-07:002015-06-20T10:52:51.114-07:00The day we nearly lost our Clivos.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After been given the job of rubbing down the willow trees on the left hand side of the 3rd in the very very heavy rough we thought we had lost our Clive :)<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-61944721840359233572015-06-10T13:28:00.001-07:002015-06-10T13:28:09.872-07:00June 2015New tee markers hand made from oak wood are in the process of being painted and drying ready to be put on the course, each marker on the right hand side will have a cut out slot for your broken tees.<br />
Thank you to Mark Brown for hand crafting these markers for us!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-26137889395047716962015-05-31T14:01:00.001-07:002015-05-31T14:04:26.737-07:00Wentworth GcAfter being selected to be part of the Greenkeeping support team for the European Tour event at Wentworth, Brett and Steve spent 4 days working along the Wentworth staff in raking bunkers for selected matches and helped with any extra jobs needed to set up the course ready for this event.<br />
It was a fantastic experience and was great to see the set up of a major comp.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01980635680819615501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483575339305869736.post-59519569473724342362015-04-29T13:42:00.004-07:002015-04-29T13:42:56.178-07:00End of AprilFull throttle ahead at the minute, cutting like mad and odd jobs are never ending.. Still just about had time for some of the Chief's special cakes... :)<br />
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Also - Congratulations to Tomo who won the masters last Sunday!!<br />
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