Aerification Complete

After some delays due to mist and no sun on Monday and most of Tuesday we were finally able to get all of our aerification completed on Tuesday evening.  It looks like we got done just in time before rain moves into the area.  As I am typing this post it is raining pretty hard here at the course.  Today our plan if the weather cooperates, is to roll the greens and start the process of smoothing them back out.  As usual it will take the greens 2 weeks or so to recover and fill in all the holes.  I attached a picture below showing one of the aerifiers in action yesterday.  Also yesterday we saw our first seed germination on the new putting green.  I put a picture below showing the seed germinating.  It has a nice consistent hue of green across it now.  This is a great sign as usually seed doesn't germinate in the Spring in 8 days, but we were lucky with the weather we have had so far up to this point.  We haven't covered the green yet because of all the great weather.  Covers are great when the weather is getting cold, but they can be a real detriment as well when growing in a green.  Every time you cover the green and then uncover it you take the risk of pulling the seed out of the ground or the little seedlings as they seem to attach their selves to the cover itself due to static or the cover getting wet and sticking itself to the ground.  So it is my hope to not have to use one in the near future but we do have one ready to go if needed.   I hope you all had a great Easter weekend with your families and I look forward to seeing you soon on the course!