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1. Juan Villegas

   

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   2/28/2012 6:02 PM

   We just recover from a mayor flood from last year, 14 holes with greens under 10 feet of water so we decide after the water came out to rebuilt all 18 greens under USGA rules. I decided to plant Declaration seed instead Penn A 4, I just open all greens 2 months ago and since 2 weeks we are having high temperatures and strong winds, I saw days ago this dry patches in some greens and grass turns brown and die, any suggestion? I´m in Colombia South America.
   
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   Pillo

   
   
   
   
2. Rosenthal Gregg

   
   2/28/2012 7:02 PM

   you are having isolated dry spots caused by the winds. One must watch for this and water these dry spots under the windy conditions. they may only need short term watering to keep from drying the top surface out. or check the roots to make sure you have good roots and then if not they would need deep watering to keep the areas moist. Sand based greens can have isolated dry patches, especially during tough windy dry weather conditions. this is when one must do localized hand watering only in these localized dry spots and not overwater the well watered parts of the sand based greens. This is one of the fun parts of managing sand based greens, it does require hand watering and close watching under windy drying conditions. Irrigation alone is not always going to keep all the turf perfect, that is why they need experts like you to maintain the turf....bueno suerte mi amigo necissita mucho trabajo por bueno verdes!

   
   
   
   
3. Juan Villegas

   

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   2/28/2012 8:02 PM

   Thanks Gregg I will follow your recommendations I will hand watering my greens

   
   
   
   
4. Clay Putnam

   

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   2/29/2012 7:02 AM

   Pillo,
   
   Its fairly common to have localized dry spot (LDS) with new greens. Hand watering is a great tool. Wetting agents will help too. If the wetting agents are applied correctly, your hand watering needs can be reduced, substantially. You can apply the wetting agents to the entire green or you can spot treat the LDS areas. There are sprays, pellets, and granule. Personally, I prefer the granule material for spot treatment applications. Be careful when selecting a wetting agent. Some wetting agents are penetrants which, could possibly make your situation worse. Good luck.

   
   
   
   
5. Nowakowski Michael J

   
   2/29/2012 10:02 AM

   I was reading GCM from January 2011 and it had an interesting article about Pythium root dysfunction. What I have always thought to be LDS may in fact be this, or a combination of the two. With it being difficult to diagnose, maybe this is the problem that I have been seeing and will be checking much closer this year. Perhaps that is the same problem for you Pillo?

   
   
   
   
6. Rosenthal Gregg

   
   2/29/2012 11:02 AM

   de nada, por mi ayuda, me gusta mucho por aisita una amigo de golf maintenancia!
   
   Gregorio

   
   
   
   
7. Juan Villegas

   

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   3/1/2012 8:03 PM

   Michael that was my first diagnose about this patches anyway I followed very close and what I found was LDS last two days I´ve use 2 of my employees to irrigate those patches I hope soon I can see some recovery weather is going crazy in this part of the world. Unfortunately we don't have those wetting agents as pellets here
   
   Thanks to all for your help and all are more than welcome to visit me
   
   Pillo