Sometimes, in the summer, during extended heat waves, your Power Company might issue a Black Out Warning, meaning if everyone uses their air conditioners and other electric consuming equipment, they, the Power Company, might not be able to meet the energy demand which would trigger a network shutdown or a Black Out.
Well, I'm not the Power Company, I'm a Golf Course Superintendent and I'm issuing a Brown Out Warning for the cool season grasses, Bent and Poa Annua. When temperatures get hot and humid for extended periods of time, Bent Grass and Poa Annua will use more energy than they can produce. This energy deficiency weakens their whole vascular system and the normal wear and tear of mowing, rolling and foot traffic that had no effect on their health during cooler times now has a drastic consequence of turf thinning or outright kill. So, much like the Power Company asking you to conserve power during high demand periods we will conserve energy by raising the green mowing height slightly from .095" to .11", mow the greens every other day rather than daily and roll every other rather daily, by making these simple adjustments we reduce the stress on these weakened grasses. Yes, this will slow green speed down but it will also conserve energy and get these grasses through, this hot weather period, with minimal damage.
