#1 collar after debris has been vacuumed up. Now that they are softer and loosened up these will be rolled in effort to reduce the "mounding" that is on some collars.

#1 collar after verticutting

Up close pic of #1 collar being walk verticut. Marco has already made two passes around the green. This process allows oxygen to get into the soil profile and provides room for new growth.

After aerification Marco walk verticuts the collars to chop up the aerification cores and cut even more thatch out of the turf.

We started working on the collars today. Here is #1 North after aerification.