Soil Temperatures. The Waiting Game.

Soil temperatures greatly effect our turfgrass management on the course. We have been struggling to see afternoon soil temperatures get over 55 degrees. It has been even worse this week with 48 to 50 degrees. There are a few things you should know about low soil temperature...

• Air temperatures may get warm for portions of the day but soil temperatures fluctuate more slowly
• Grass seed will not germinate so our project areas are slow to develop
• Creeping Bentgrass and Poa Annua will not grow evenly due to different genetic characteristics
• Those yellow rings on the greens will not go away until the grass grows

Soil temperature #1 Green

Air temperatures finally look to be on the rise for next week. With it, the hopes that soil temperatures will improve and we can get this party started! Soon enough we will be talking about green grass and thick rough!