Putting surface sprigging

 The big day has arrived.  Our goal every year is to sprig all the putting surfaces on the same day to make the grow in seamless and smooth.  TDI has done a tremendous job getting all the green complexes shaped and ready for green sprigging this year and today the team from Modern Turf arrived to plant the greens.  Once the TDI team completed their final prep work of the putting surfaces after a visit from Billy Fuller yesterday, the Callawassie Agronomy Team completed our pre-plant fertilization to the greens before the team from Modern Turf hand planted the Mini-verde sprigs.  As you can see, it takes a small army and lots of planning to get this accomplished and everyone involved made it look easy.   Below are step by step photos of the planting process.

Palmetto 8 putting surface prepped and ready for collar grass installation

Callawassie team applying soil amendments

Palmetto 1 ready for sprigs

Palmetto 2 green ready for amendments

Finished putting surface before sprigging

Modern Turf Team laying out bags of sprigs

Modern Turf and Callawassie Team members hand spreading mini-verde sprigs

Palmetto 8 green completed and sprigs being cut in

Progress

 The first 5 holes of fairway sprigging has really taken well.  Now between 2-4 weeks old, the tif tuf sprigs have really begun to grow sideways and fill in.  The Agronomy Team has now backed off the watering to begin to train the roots to grow deep into the soil.  The dryer conditions have also allowed for us the fertilize and mow the new sprigs to help encourage growth.  Photos below show week by week growth of the Palmetto 1-4 and 9.  Palmetto 5 was recently planted and we have plans to sprig 6-8 by the end of July.

Palmetto 2 Week 2

Palmetto 3 Week 2

Palmetto 4 Week 2

Palmetto 2 and 4 Week 2

Palmetto 1 Week 2

Palmetto 9 Week 2

Palmetto 9 Week 2

Palmetto 3 Week 3

Palmetto 4 Week 3

Palmetto 2 Week 3 

Palmetto 3 Week 3