Chopping Arms and Legs

A little late with this entry but last week we did some impressive tree work.  A mini excavator was used to prune the roots behind number 14 green. We dug a trench about 3 foot deep and severed hundreds of cypress tree roots. Every one of these roots had reached out into the green and had been sucking water and nutrients from the green. Some can even recall last fall when we had to cut multiple root knots out of the surface of the green as well. This process of pruning the roots will have to continually get done every couple of years. This area will be getting a little extra zoysia collar width in the near future.

A lot of lower limbs were trimmed off of trees in various areas of the golf course.  We intend on continuing to raise canopies of trees throughout the season. We do have to take a small break while trees are budding and leafing out. During this time it is the worst time to trim trees because they are translocating all their water and energy towards producing leaves and can leave trees Susceptible to pests as it takes longer for their wounds to heal.