Hidden Valley Golf Club

Procedure Three

Aerate a isolated dry area on a slope with 5/8" coring/shatter tines with 4" x 2" hole spacing

Start of Procedure August 7, 2002
Hidden Valley has some of the toughest conditions in Southern California. The course was build on a mountain of rock.
Phil has tried other aerators and they have all broken within the first hour of use.
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Phil says he has not been able to grow grass in this spot.
Notice the rock drilling machines in the background.
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Conditions were extremely hard, but PlanetAir and Kubota handled was up to the task.

No problem

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August 14, 2002
Phil through seed after coring was complete. Notice rows of new grass.
Seven days Later.
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August 21, 2002

Substantial growth in a rock hard spot.
Fourteen days later
Oh yea this is Phil Clone, smiling

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August 28, 2002
Almost grown in in 21 days


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September 8, 2002
Growing grass where it would not grow before
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