From the TTA President

Gear up for Another Great Growing Season

Spring has finally sprung, and outdoor sports are underway. Hopefully everyone has their pre emerge down and your fertilizer schedules planned. As I am writing this, March 22, spring has been somewhat wet in Middle TN. Tarp pulls, drying out infields, pumping bunkers, and removing surface water are an all too comfortable practice this time of year.

Now is a great time, if you haven’t already done so, for spring aerification. I feel that one of our very best traits as turf managers is flexibility. We can change job assignments, applications, workdays, etc. The one thing we can’t change is Mother Nature. For the month of February, we were 10 degrees above our average temperature and 1¼-inch above average on rain. So, I challenge you to keep that flexibility. Just know that we have no less than 1 or 2 “winters” left in our great state. Way back in 1910, it snowed as late as April 25th. Hopefully, those days stay in the past and we continue to warm up. Today our soil temp was 58 degrees. The long-range forecast looks promising, and I hope you are geared up for another great growing season.

Ryan Storey

2024 TTA President