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1. David Brandenburg

   

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   9/8/2014 9:09 AM

   Each year I plan to granularly fertilize greens a week before aerification and each year other work gets in the way or we have an event so I do not get to it. Now I am 6 days out, with events most of the week and no time to put to put it down so I will juice them up with some urea in the spray tank.
   
   I could put it down after aerification but before topdressing but then we would drag it around. I could put it down after topdressing because we are not going to mow for a couple days anyway but sometimes we come back with more sand or an additional dragging the day after and once again we would drag it around.
   
   We only use a granular one a year so this is our one big shot.
   
   When do you fertilize?

   
   
   
   
2. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   9/8/2014 9:09 AM

   I'm assuming you are spraying them before aerification anyways? Correct?
   
   If you are, instead of juicing them with straight Urea, why not try hitting them with a controlled release liquid? That way you are getting your foliar down, while also providing a shot to the soil when you water later that day.
   
   You could still come back in after aerification is complete and hit them with your granular.

   
   
   
   
3. David Brandenburg

   

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   9/8/2014 10:09 AM

   Andy,
   
   We spray a controlled release every two weeks all season as the basis of our fertilization program. The rate depends on the time of year and growth. They are healthy, I am looking to give them a boost to recover from aerifcation as fast as possible.
   
   There just isn't a good time to put down a granular product so I wanted thought from others on what works for them.

   
   
   
   
4. Melvin Waldron

   

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   9/8/2014 1:09 PM

   We will use either straight 21-0-0 or Lebanon 16-4-8 right after or a few days after aerification to help speed our healing process. I like the 16-4-8 because it has some minors and K. The 15 units of nitrogen is ammonium sulfate. I also put down another granular though.
   
   Mel

   
   Melvin H. Waldron III, CGCS, Horton Smith Golf Course, City of Springfield/Greene County MO
   
   
5. Morozowsky Martin

   
   9/8/2014 4:09 PM

   Best Phos 11-55-0
   
   .5 lb actual N
   1 lb of actual P
   
   and 5 lbs of bentseed!
   
   Doesn't get any more complicated

   
   
   
   
6. Patrick Reinhardt

   

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   9/8/2014 7:09 PM

   I've done anything from 4-5 days before, to right behind the brushing and rolling. If you use a soluble product, then it shouldn't matter if you are coming back later with more sand or brushing, as long as you have watered it in and broke it down.