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If there are areas of ragwort, willowherb, nettles etc. that are out of the way, then we tend to leave them alone as pockets of wildlife habitat
sprayer for the likes of daisies and clover etc. We are fortunate that this site doesn’t tend to have a huge weed problem and we only go out with the sprayer once in the season, around July, and even then we only really have to spot spray. The sprayer would be filled with enough to cover half a hectare, it would be unusual to have to fill up again to finish the course. We are starting to see some instances of
pearl wort and parsley piert, but only on a handful of greens and tees; these will be
controlled by knapsack spraying as, in total, it is such a small area. The larger weeds, such as ragwort, are pulled out as and when we see them but, again, we don’t have a huge issue with them. If there are areas of ragwort, willowherb, nettles etc. that are out of the way, then we tend to leave them alone as pockets of wildlife habitat. Historically, the course has suffered from Fusarium on the greens in late October/November. By changing things slightly, we reduced the severity of the
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outbreak last year to the point where no curative action was required. Last year was a bad year for Red-thread as well and virtually all surfaces were affected, with it being most prominent on fairways. However, we didn’t consider it an issue and it soon cleared up on its own. So far, I am yet to spray a fungicide at Scotscraig and this is how I would like to continue!
The club has recently invested in some new machinery which has helped enormously. The majority of our fleet is now
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