Poa annua and bentgrass turf nursery

In 2022 we spread the plugs from the aerification of greens on our nursery. 

This will give us a sod source in case we ever have winter-kill of poa annua on our greens.

The turf nursery started out as an abandoned sand plot near the 15th tee.

After we striped the sod we spread a layer of root zone sand and leveled the area out with a box float.

We then I seeded using a drop spreader three directions. 

Note the blackened sand. This is from 1.5 lbs of nitrogen per thousand square feet from Milorganite. 

I like to load of sand with a liberal amount of slow release organic nitrogen when I seed directly into it. 

I have found that this is a good way to grow in bent-grass from seed.

The seed was then dimpled in with a Toro Sand Pro. This assures good soil to seed contact. 

We then fired  up the sprinklers and irrigated three times a day to maintain moisture for germination

Here you can see the first mowing. The Poa annua plugs are in the foreground 

and forming a nice sod along with the seeded area in the back ground.