May and June where very dry months with only 35mm of rain over that period, we have a number of well points and these where tested to the full. Towards the end of June we actually ran out and they ran dry! So we where left in gods hands - and as luck would have it - it hasnt stopped raining since and have had 40mm in 5 days with more due! So hopefully i wont need to turn our pump on for the whole of July and let the Wells replenish! This week with more moisture in the ground we sarrel rolled and overseeded all the tees with a fescue mix and fed and topdressed them after. With having to use water sparingly unfortunately some of the tees dried out severely - to combat this we also applied the re-wetter aquaduct. Starting to see some nice signs of recovery now. Also with not having to worry about the greens overly stressing we brushed and also mowed with burshes down (flex 21's with brush attachment at 4mm) the following day we verti-cut them in 2 directions trying to take out some of the lateral growth and thin out some of the coarser indigenous grasses and then topdressed quite heavy - also giving them a hit with a granular fertilizer. We used the tru-roller for the first time to work in the topdressing - leaving the sand on the surface as long as we could with the sun out to dry then rolled in 2 directions - worked very well. The greens held up to the dry spell well - using our hydroject every 2 weeks and applying a decent wetting agent monthly along with handwatering - no real dry spot problems just one or two fairy rings appearing. We have a tournament on the 25th of july so now just working towards that.
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