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1. Justin VanLanduit

   

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   9/7/2011 6:09 PM

   In the middle of a greens and approach regrass, so far the weather has been fantastic as it has been moderately warm and dry. Unfortunate thing that I believe I've run into is that it is so dry and I've had to use a great deal of my irrigation water which is hi in salts and bicarbonates. I'm getting growth although some greens are spotty and sparse. Curious if anyone has experienced such problems and if they found any remedies, or if anyone had any thoughts. I think if we could get a good clean shower things would get better as we could get a flush, but forecast isn't looking to promising. I'm thinking of doing an app of pervade and calphlex and doing a manual flush although would be using my poor water. Only fresh rain we've had was .75" right after we finished seeding. Thanks in advance for any thoughts and ideas.

   
   
   
   
2. Wahlin Scott B

   
   9/7/2011 7:09 PM

   In my opinion, if you have anything growing you need to water it heavily at night. Syringing during the daytime is just going to compound problems. When you get through the grow-in you need turf and soil structure. Without rain you may need to put up with thin turf until it comes. The best you can do without rain depends on the quality of the irrigation water.

   
   
   
   
3. Kinney Brian

   
   9/8/2011 5:09 AM

   since you are doing a grow-in, I assme you are pounding the nutrients to the soil and turf. I would use a flushing agent every 10 days if I could. I use sodex here in transition time and drought and it really helps with salt build up, soil tension, and overall plant health quality. I am sure some others here have different trade names you can get too. Best of luck!

   
   
   
   
4. Wilkinson Gaeren S

   
   9/8/2011 7:09 AM

   Hi
   
   Give PH Acid a shot. It breaks down the carbonates & bicarbonates as well as removing the sodium problems. 2lt a Ha every 2 weeks works for me. 3 applications and I can see a huge improvement.
   
   cheers
   G

   
   
   
   
5. Justin VanLanduit

   

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   9/8/2011 9:09 AM

   Gents,
   
   Thanks for the responses. I do have acid injection and have used it sparingly due to the added Urea and salts associated with it. Last night I did crank up the Acid and gave the greens a good 60 min watering, we'll see how things are in a few days. Just could go for a nice .5" of good ol' natural rainfall, I really think that would do wonders and get things to really pop. Its been nice to be dry as we're doing bunkers as well, but I'd settle for a couple rainout days right now.

   
   
   
   
6. Verdun Scott M

   
   9/9/2011 8:09 AM

   Justin,
   
   I've gone through similar issues with small damaged spots on greens. The seed pops and starts to grow like a bat out of hell then slows and some takes a crap so we end up plugging some of the area. Like you, the problem is worse with no rain and our river getting lower with all kinds of crap thrown in, carbs, bi-carbs, sodium, etc... One thing we started doing on those small areas is filling up an old sprayer with a hose fitted on it, we fill it with city water at the shop and use a buffer to drop the pH like we would if we were spraying fungicides. I know you have a lot larger area that has seed right now but perhaps this could be an option for some of your thin spots on greens.
   
   Scott