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The Impact of Ball Marks: Why Fixing Them Matters
One of the simplest yet most important ways golfers can contribute to course conditioning is by fixing their ball marks on the greens....
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Maintenance During Play
As we enter the second half of our season, I want to take a moment to reflect on some of the changes we made this year and how they...
Terravita Agronomy
7 days ago2 min read
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Weeds
Following last week’s rain and the recent warmer temperatures, you may have noticed an increase in weed growth throughout the desert...
Terravita Agronomy
Mar 101 min read
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Beginning Transition
As we move into the warmer months, I’d like to provide some insight into our upcoming turf management strategies, specifically the...
Terravita Agronomy
Mar 32 min read
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Course Update
As we embrace the warmer weather, we’re excited to see the rapid improvement in overall color (and growth) we’re seeing across the...
Terravita Agronomy
Feb 241 min read
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Exposed Wire Splices
I want to provide you with an update regarding the uncovered wire splices that you may have noticed on holes 8, 18, and the practice...
Terravita Agronomy
Feb 171 min read
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Poa in Greens??
Well, it appears that Spring has officially sprung, and while the good weather brings mostly positives for our golf course, one negative...
Terravita Agronomy
Feb 101 min read
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Old Plugs
I wanted to take a moment to address a question that occasionally comes up regarding the condition of our putting greens—specifically,...
Terravita Agronomy
Feb 41 min read
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Troon Assistant Superintendent Meet
This week, our two assistant superintendents will be headed to Eagle Mountain for Troon’s Assistant Superintendent Agronomy Speaker...
Terravita Agronomy
Jan 271 min read
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Prolonged periods of frost and its affects on the golf course
What all goes into setting up a golf course each day? And how is that affected by a frost delay? Below is a list of a typical morning in...
Terravita Agronomy
Jan 202 min read
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Course Care
Now that we’re all back into the swing of things, I figured now would be a good time to refresh everyone on the basics of divot filling...
Terravita Agronomy
Jan 132 min read
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Frost… Continued
Normally, by now, I’d come on here to share that we’ve made it through our coldest month of the year. And while that’s typically true,...
Terravita Agronomy
Jan 61 min read
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Another Blog Post About Frost
December is shaping out to be a beautiful month for golf, and while we have some frost potential temps on the horizon, they fortunately...
Terravita Agronomy
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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Rough
I’m sure everyone has noticed that heights of cut in rough have come down significantly since opening day. And will continue to come down...
Terravita Agronomy
Dec 3, 20242 min read
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Turf Edging
In a constant quest for improvement, we made the ambitious goal to hard edge every highly visible turf edge before New Years Day. And...
Terravita Agronomy
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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Cart Path Only Pt 2
We have an exciting announcement to make! Beginning Friday, November 22nd, we will officially be off of cart path only restrictions. We...
Terravita Agronomy
Nov 18, 20241 min read
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Cart Path Only
When determining the ideal time to let carts off the path there are several factors we have to weigh: Grass coverage Grass density Frost...
Terravita Agronomy
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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Reflection
Reflecting on all of the seasons we’ve been through together at Terravita, I can’t help but feel grateful in knowing just how far we’ve...
Terravita Agronomy
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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Opening Day
I can’t believe we have completed yet another overseed to our golf course. Despite the record breaking temperatures, we are very proud of...
Terravita Agronomy
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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Overseed Grow In
Today we began “first cut” on our new ryegrass. With first cut, comes it’s first fertilizer application, and its first growth regulator...
Terravita Agronomy
Oct 14, 20241 min read
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