Fall has begun and we are slowly starting to recover from another tough summer. The new fairways continue to mature and improve. A question that I have been asked a lot in recent weeks is what seed are we now including in our divot mix? To avoid contaminating the new fairways we have taken all seed
out of the divot mix. It is straight sand. Unfortunately, hybrid bermuda does not grow from seed; it is propagated vegetatively by sowing cuttings from existing plant material. The best way for the divots to heal is to fill them with sand and allow the rhizomes and stolons to fill-in from the bottom and sides. I think the pictures below do a really good job showing the progression.
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| New divot |
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| Note the runners over top of the sand |
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| Two weeks later almost healed |
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| At three weeks it's hard to see where the divot was |
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