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**draigenia** · 11-17-2009, 04:06 AM

I play on a lot of brown courses during the year. Right now everything around here is in better "colors" (over seeding) than during the summer months. During the summer hot months in this region, one mistake by the course superintendent, and it is brown city for the rest of the summer. Too much fertilizer, too little, or too much water coupled with high triple digit heat kills things in this part of the country. Higher end courses have the monetary resources to do a better job, and hire more competent people than some of the budget tracks do.

Speaking of making mistakes, the City made a huge one year before last. They spread 700 lbs per acre of rye seed for overseeding when the general rule is never more than 350 lbs per acre. Rye grass is somewhat toxic to bermuda roots and by mid-summer, we had lush rough but no fairway grass on a few of the city courses. It made for an interesting summer.

11-17-2009, 04:06 AM	#10
draigenia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 534 Senior Member	I play on a lot of brown courses during the year. Right now everything around here is in better "colors" (over seeding) than during the summer months. During the summer hot months in this region, one mistake by the course superintendent, and it is brown city for the rest of the summer. Too much fertilizer, too little, or too much water coupled with high triple digit heat kills things in this part of the country. Higher end courses have the monetary resources to do a better job, and hire more competent people than some of the budget tracks do. Speaking of making mistakes, the City made a huge one year before last. They spread 700 lbs per acre of rye seed for overseeding when the general rule is never more than 350 lbs per acre. Rye grass is somewhat toxic to bermuda roots and by mid-summer, we had lush rough but no fairway grass on a few of the city courses. It made for an interesting summer.
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