9/15 -9/16 Greens Aerification

I would like to inform you that your Jupiter Country Club Agronomy Team has completed our final aerification of the year. As season draws near, we needed to keep our final aerification short and to the point. We scaled back a bit on this aerification to allow for a speedy recovery of the turf. This also allows us to groom the greens in preparation for season. I have included a few pictures of the process from start to finish.

We performed a process called verticutting on the greens. We went at a depth of 1/16" into the canopy of the turf down and back in the same pass with the machine.

In order for us to avoid injury to the perimeter of the putting surfaces, we verticut the green through the collar. This allows us to avoid extensive damage to the green while performing an excellent verticut to the collar.

After the green is cleaned off, we walk mow the putting surface down and back in the same pass with a brush attachment.

This is an illustration of the putting surface with a ¼" of sand. After we sand the greens we come behind with a walk behind aerifier and vent the greens with ¼" solid tine on a 2" x 2" spacing.

The putting surface is then rolled and brushed 2 times to a smooth clean finish. The greens are now ready for a fertilizer application to help the healing process by providing essential nutrients to aid the plant in recovery.

Above is an up close shot of the putting surface on hole #6. Te sand should be completely covered up by the beginning of next week.


The putting surfaces are in great shape coming out of aerification and should be fully healed in within the week.

Enjoy!