Sunday, July 6, 2025

Connecting the dots

The heat and summer stress has much of the Poa in the greens looking more yellow than green.  Poa is technically a winter annual, and the intense daily workout it is subjected to between our maintenance, players' feet, and the weather can take its toll.


What's telling, is where the healthier Poa can be found.  The straight lines of green dots are last fall's aerification holes--confirmation of the importance of this cultural practice.