The big day has arrived! Sprigging of the putting greens is always special during a renovation and we met our goal to have the greens sprigged by July 15! Mini-verde sprigs showed up to Callawassie Island this morning via a refrigerated truck freshly harvested from a farm outside of Camden, SC. The team from Modern Turf joined the sprigs to plant and "cut in" the greens. With help from the Callawassie Agronomy Team, all nine greens were successfully planted, cut in and rolled before 2:00pm today! The Callawassie Team had the fertilizer pre-plant applied yesterday in anticipation of sprigging, so the team was able to start shaking right at 8:30am. A pre-determined amount of sprigs were measured out and applied to each green based on square footage. All the sprigs were shaken out by hand evenly across the putting surface before being "cut in" with a small tractor and disc attachment. Following the cut in process, the greens were rolled to smooth the surface back out and heavily watered. For the first 48 hours the greens will be watered continuously throughout the day to keep the sprigs hydrated until the root in begins. We will roll the greens several times over the weekend before applying our first application of topdressing sand on Monday. The process today went very smooth and the greens are officially planted. The grow in timer has officially begun.
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| Mini-verde sprigs inside refrigerated truck |
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| Truck was staged on Dogwood 2 tee. Sprigs were hauled out to each green as needed to keep them fresh |
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| Bags of sprigs staged on Dogwood 1 green for planting |
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| Planting sprigs on putting surface edge |
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| Sprigs dumped and ready from spreading |
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| Modern Turf and Callawassie Team members shaking out sprigs on Dogwood 3 |
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| Cutting in sprigs on Dogwood 1 |
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| Rolling sprigs on Dogwood 2 |
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| Dogwood 8 completed product |
