No idea, but your Instagram page is awesome.

 

Haha, thank you!

 

Do any of your local golf course have bent grass greens?

 

I’m going to start asking. I want to say at least one does, but I’m in the beginning stages of research so haven’t gotten any further yet!

 

You will probably need to invest in some fungicides where you live as the hot and humid climate will cause fungus more readily. You will also need to be watering it more often too. Are you looking more towards growing Bent grass or having a putting green? If you are wanting a putting green, I would look into the dwarf types of bermuda like Champion, Mini Verde or TifEagle.

 

Yep have alot of the fungicides thankfully, and already keep a t31 Bermuda green… since we go dormant and brown, I like the idea of a bent grass green so I can have it year round, and it would match a fall rye overseed. I might be pushing it a little for my location so I know it may be a little bit tougher than average to keep it thriving.

 

It can definitely be done and if you already have some experience under your belt, it should be feasible, I just know that almost all the courses in the South that had/have Bent have switched over to dwarf bermuda just do to the high maintenance of Bent grass in the South. I also know that having good air flow is very essential too which is why you would see those huge fans by the greens on some courses if the greens were surrounded by trees.

 

Thank you for the responses! I wonder if my wife will let me toss a few of those fans on the yard 😂

 

I have tried keeping a bentgrass green in a climate similar to yours the past few years. In my area, the golf courses are about 1/3 bermuda, 2/3 bentgrass putting greens. But, there is a definite trend in golf courses in my area switching to ultradwarf bermuda. Before I started, the golf super at my local course asked me this, "What do you call a bentgrass putting green that looks good 11 months of the year?" His answer was, "A dead putting green." Before I started, he wagered that I couldn't get it through even one Summer. And, this has been my experience. I lose some degree of the bentgrass green ever year, I can even get it looking good through the end of July, but I always lose a good portion of it some time in August. So, I have given up completely, and I bought some Tahoma 31 plugs and am in the process of making a little chipping green. If you want to do a bentgrass putting green that you will kill once the Tahoma 31 emerges from dormancy, I can see that working well for you. But for me, with my budget and my schedule, I didn't have the resources and time to maintain bentgrass successfully. Maintaining a bentgrass putting green in the Fall, Winter, and Spring, is a whole lot of fun. Most of my yard is Zoysia and I love being outside and having something to maintain when the zoysia is dormant. What you have done so far is truly first class with your Tahoma 31, really excellent work. Golf Course maintenance crews are truly artists and scientists, and I have a new and lasting respect for how difficult their job is, and what they are able to achieve in spite of golfers often times abusing the golf course.

 

You could probably grow one. Would be tough and require a ton of baby sitting in the summer months. As I would say, It's easy to grow turf, its difficult to grow quality turf. Given your location and your experience with bent I would stay away, but again my idea of a golf green is a lot different than probably everyone here.