Early Season Fertilization

The bermuda on the golf course looks like and is growing like it is the middle of June. Because of this we decided to fertilize the fairways, tees and low-cut yesterday and today. With the decision to skip overseeding and try tinting which we started in January, the bermuda has responded extremely well and it has allowed us to fertilize sooner than we normally would have. There are many different types of nitrogen to fertilize with. For this application we chose a combination of two types of fertilizer. We decided to go with 50% quick release and 50% controlled release nitrogen. What this means is that the bermuda will get 50% of the nitrogen now allowing for a surge in growth. The controlled released nitrogen is coated with sulfur. The sulfur is used as a barrier and will slowly release the nitrogen into the bermdua as the temperature rises. By adding a controlled released nitrogen to our application we will allow the bermuda to steadily grow over the next few months.