Avoiding high temperature stress when aerifying

Last week, we provided you with a procedure that will help avoid damage to turf when greens aeration is conducted during hot weather. We have since received superintendent feedback that this procedure worked well, even when maximum air temperatures got as high as 93F (34C) on the dates of aerification — March 11 and 12. Since weather conditions after the hot weather aerification resulted in several days of heavy dew, it was fortunate that the superintendent aerified when he did…