This morning we had our final for stress physiology. This was the only chance we had to gain points. The final was not too surprising, it was just like the review we were given from the teacher. I think I scored well on it.
Our second class was landscape plants. We learned about some more trees and their application and use on a golf course. We learned some flowering cherries and magnolias that are very showy, with all their blosoms.
Yesterday while we were being scolded for our inadequacies in class, Rich Buckley mentioned how mad at us our landscape plants teacher was because of our low grades in his class. when class started we asked him if he was really mad at us. He told us that he never talks to Buckley. He said he was not mad, he was disappointed that we (most of the class) did poorly on his exam. We had a 20 minute talk about how we can help the program improve and provide better feedback about professors.
We ended the day learning about turf cultivation in our turf maintenance class. We discussed topdressing, aerification, spiking, verticutting, using a graden, and the results of not cultivating. We learned that 15% of the thatch should be removed each year, and that .5" tines at 2" spacing remove 5% of the thatch. To compensate for this, aerification can be completed two, or three times each year. OR another cultivation practice can be implemented to increase the 5% to 15%. We also learned that the effects of aerification last about 90 days.
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