November in here on Wednesday and the season is winding down. You wouldn't know it with all of the green grass out here on the course. The Turkey Shoot is this weekend, the most important tournament on the schedule; good luck to everyone.
We have yet to have a freeze which isn't that abnormal but last week was magical. The switch will flip soon though and grass growth will really slow; I would expect mowing to be curtailed significantly with the probability of the last mowings sometime next week. Leaf cleanup, native areas plus stream and pond cleanups will be our focus moving forward the majority of November.
We could really use some colder weather to let the turf know it needs to store food in time to get ready for winter. Last week we put our gypsum (calcium sulfate) , potassium and magnesium applications out before we winterize the irrigation system. The compressor is on site and we plan on blowing out on this Tuesday with Tanto Irrigation here to assist. We will have the portable bathroom on hole 6 picked up next week and winterize the bathrooms at the snack bar after the Turkey Shoot so be prepared. On course bottled drinking water will also stop after Saturday.
Looking forward, I would expect us to begin the process of closing things down the week after Thanksgiving per usual. We will take that following week to get our last sprays out for snow mold protection, install temporaries, topdress greens and get all of the covers installed. I will probably put together one last blog post after the season is wrapped up.
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