6/4/2012 12:06 PM
Quick back ground we have 36 holes in Central Arkansas with Declaration bent grass. These greens are brand new as far as the seed goes. 1 course we renovated in summer of 2010 and the other 18 last summer. We have a had a problem with the cups that we cut dying. We noticed this early summer last year. So we started to put water on each of the cups that we cut. That seemed to help for awhile. So we tried to be proactive this year and we stated to put a solution on fertilizer, wetting agent, and water on each cup that we cut. While we were still in the 80's that seemed to help. As it has gotten warmer here we have backed down on the fertilizer as to not burn the grass. But now on both course the cup cutter plugs are starting to die. Also we have tried 2 different styles of cup cutters hammer type and currently are using push in type. It is not the same guy cutting cups everyday so that eliminates the human error as well. We have never had this issue before and can only link this to the type of seed we planted?? Anyone else having this issue?? Any thoughts or comments on this would be appreciated.
Trent