Tree Management
As trees age, they grow larger and need to be maintained. In an effort to expose more of the front of the clubhouse, the maintenance staff removed the two of the Crape Myrtles closest to the front steps of the clubhouse. This made a huge improvement to reveal more of the front of the clubhouse. The next step was to trim the four remaining Crape Myrtles to improve the aesthetics of the front of the building. We do not have the capability to trim trees of this height so it was necessary to bring in Bartlett Tree Experts to trim the trees. Bartlett brought in a 70' bucket truck which made quick work of this job.
The benefit to using a 70' bucket truck for this job was they did not have to take the truck off the driveway in front of the clubhouse.
Not only do trees grow as they age, they also can contract diseases. I'm sure you may have noticed many of the Colorado Blue Spuce trees around the property ( and other locations in our area) are declining. The reason for the decline is a disease called needlecast which results in defoliation of the tree.
The symptoms of needlecast don't develop until two or three years after the initial infection and this disease can be managed with fungicides if the disease is caught soon after initial symptoms occur.
However, the best management practice is to choose a different species of tree that is not susceptible to the needlecast disease like Norway Spruce.
As time permits, the maintenance staff will be removing the infected trees to improve the aesthetics of the property.
The maintenance staff removed three Colorado Blue Spruce trees on the right side of the sidewalk approaching the clubhouse this past week. Take note how there are no needles left on the lower portion of the tree.
Another benefit to removing this particular group of Colorado Blue Spruce's is to make way for Wi-Fi from the clubhouse to the cart barn so that updates can be made to the new GPS system that will be installed in the new golf cart fleet next week. Benefits all around!!
I hope you have enjoyed this article. If you have any questions about the topics covered in this article or any other topic, please feel free to contact me at mewing@osccgolf.com.
Have a great day and I hope to see you at the Club soon,
Marlin Ewing
Golf Course Superintendent
Not only do trees grow as they age, they also can contract diseases. I'm sure you may have noticed many of the Colorado Blue Spuce trees around the property ( and other locations in our area) are declining. The reason for the decline is a disease called needlecast which results in defoliation of the tree.
The symptoms of needlecast don't develop until two or three years after the initial infection and this disease can be managed with fungicides if the disease is caught soon after initial symptoms occur.
However, the best management practice is to choose a different species of tree that is not susceptible to the needlecast disease like Norway Spruce.
As time permits, the maintenance staff will be removing the infected trees to improve the aesthetics of the property.
Another benefit to removing this particular group of Colorado Blue Spruce's is to make way for Wi-Fi from the clubhouse to the cart barn so that updates can be made to the new GPS system that will be installed in the new golf cart fleet next week. Benefits all around!!
I hope you have enjoyed this article. If you have any questions about the topics covered in this article or any other topic, please feel free to contact me at mewing@osccgolf.com.
Have a great day and I hope to see you at the Club soon,
Marlin Ewing
Golf Course Superintendent
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