{"id":683,"date":"2019-07-12T18:15:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T18:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westhillsfredericton.ca\/golf\/?p=683"},"modified":"2023-06-06T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T15:01:44","slug":"fairway-aeration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westhillsfredericton.ca\/golf\/blog\/2019\/07\/12\/fairway-aeration\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairway Aeration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The greens seem to be recovering very well!! Congratulations to you and your team. Any plugs you can share in regards to the health and progress of the fairways?
Thanks for all your efforts and your information”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This comment was left on the bottom of my last post, Greens Update, Flag Locations, and Greens Speed<\/a>, and is a great question. Most of the information I have shared over the last few weeks has been related to the recovery of the greens, but our work hasn’t been limited to that aspect of the course. Anyone who has been to course has seen the damage from the winter, but I’ll itemize the damage for clarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the ice, the loss of turf on the fairways was  roughly 60 percent. In terms of area that’s about 15 acres or 650,000 square feet of close mowed turf. Most of the turf injury occurred in the low lying areas where the snow was shallow and ice subsequently formed during the melt around Christmas time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process is as follows;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aerate to create seed holes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The video below is of our 864 Toro Aerator using solid tines to create seed holes on the fairways.  Fortunately due to early winter, the holes from the previous fall aeration were not filled in and we were able to utilize them as seeding receptacles, as well as the new ones created this spring. For our second seeding this summer we used solid tines as the cause less interruption then pulling aeration cores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n