June Flowers at LCC

Bench

The bench by clay court 1 has moved from frost over the years so the footings are being lowered and the brick in front leveled.

Sunrise 5:00 am, 6/24/10, photos by Tim Burns

Weekend Pictures

Dollar Spot

Mycelium (looks like cotton) of the dollar spot fungus on the grass tennis courts. The wet, humid weather is perfect growing conditions for the fungus - the mower is taking much of the moisture off the grass. Limiting leaf wetness is a solid cultural practice in controlling Dollar Spot.

Poa on the West Coast

You think we have troubles with Poa annua here in Boston, check out this article on the Olympic Club in San Francisco (click on the title).

Turf on TV

Click on the title for a news video regarding the UMass Turf Field Day.

Jordan and Vic

June 15, 2010

Scenes from around the club after six days of murky weather. The first bee balm, itea and cone flowers of the season.

Curtis Cup

Longwood has been supporting the Curtis Cup at Essex Covnty Clvb by sending two grounds crew members each day to assist with the preparation of the golf course and tennis courts. The Curtis Cup is the most prestigious women's amateur team competition in the world and Nate, Jeff, Jordan and Steve are fortunate to be involved this week. (Title at the top links to the Curtis Cup home page at the USGA)

Latest Local Info. on Weevils

To read article click on above title

Wear

All pictures taken June 4, 2010. Four items that are determined to wear out the grass today, in order - battery acid from the mower, players feet on not so firm grass (thunderstorm last night), dollar spot fungus and annual bluegrass weevil larvae.

Clay Court Drainage

While Longwood's clay courts 1-8 are playable sooner than other clay courts on the property after a long rain, it is not the same for rains of short duration. Last night we had about a half inch of rain in a very short time and this morning clay courts 9-14 will be playable sooner than 1-8. There are other factors besides duration of rain that affect the time it takes to open a clay court, but we wanted to show how conditions are different each day here at Longwood.