Fall Seeding

We have finished all of our fall seeding for the year in only a couple of days.  This year, we only had to use about 500 pounds of seed compared to 2,000 pounds the last few years.  The timely rains and overall cooler temperatures this year really helped most of the rough make it through the season. 


The slits from the tractor mounted slit seeder.



This is the small portion of our fescue nursery that we had to reseed.

Small area around a bunker that was aerified and then seeded heavily.

Fall Overseeding

The warm and dry summer left us with many bare areas on the golf course.  Areas that received no irrigation were hit the hardest.  Thankfully, we are able to utilize a tractor mounted slit seeder that does a really good job.  In total, we planted about 2000 pounds of seed in the rough.  We are fairly happy with the results even though the fall has been rather dry. 

We also used a couple seed mats in a few places on #14.  These mats help hold moisture so the germinating seed does not dry out.  This is the way to go when seeding bare areas.  These are pictures from right of the fairway and right of the new grass bunker by the green.