Where's the Seed?

YOU MAY THINK THERE ISN’T ANY SEED IN THE SAND AND SEED MIXTURE PROVIDED HERE AT TACOMA C&GC.  IN FACT THERE IS PLENTY.  THE SEED IN THE MIXTURE IS THAT OF COLONIAL BENTGRASS.  THE PICTURE BELOW SHOWS THAT THIS SEED IS VERY SMALL SO WHEN MIXED WITH SAND, YOU CAN HARDLY SEE THAT THERE'S ANY SEED THERE AT ALL.   OF ALL THE GRASSES THAT WE CAN GET SEED FOR, COLONIAL BENTGRASS IS THE BEST MATCH TO OUR NATIVE, FINE TEXTURED POA ANNUA.   FEEL FREE TO FILL DIVOTS WITH THIS MIXTURE ON ALL OUR FINE TURF AREAS (i.e. FAIRWAYS, TEES).  IN THE ROUGHS IT IS BEST TO REPLACE YOUR DIVOTS SINCE COLONIAL BENTGRASS IS NOT A GOOD GRASS FOR ROUGHS.  PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME IF THEY SHOULD FILL DIVOTS OR REPLACE THEM.   IF A DIVOT IS PRETTY THICK AND CONSISTS OF SOIL AND ROOTS THEN I THINK REPLACING IT IS ALWAYS BEST.  BUT REALLY I WOULD JUST LOVE EVERYONE TO DO AT LEAST ONE OR THE OTHER AS OPPOSED TO NOTHING AT ALL.

Colonial Bentgrass seed is very tiny