It sure is great to see some green bermuda this early in the year. Back in September when I first reported the decision to suspend fairway overseeding, I shared with you my expectations for the fall, winter, and spring condition of the bermudagrass. One estimate was bermuda breaking dormancy in March and beginning to grow in April. Click on this link to read the entire post: www.sgccturf.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-overseed-for-2009.html

Sometimes it's nice to be wrong, because bermuda growing in February is a beautiful sight to behold. This portion of fairway in the photo was little more than mud just one month ago. Two weeks later there were green tips of grass peeking out to enjoy the unseasonably warm temperatures. After many days above 60 degrees and nights well above freezing, the bermudagrass is actually growing.

The bright green clump of grass is poa annua which will be sprayed out when a few pages turn off the calendar. By then, the bermuda will be much stronger and dealing with weather it can handle without going back to sleep. I would expect to keep the green tinge the bermuda currently exhibits without returning to the dormant brown of the past three months. So, we're off and running........ or maybe walking........... slowly, towards the goal of a solid bermuda fairway.