Soil water management is a big topic on this blog. Are you curious about some of the science behind it?
How does water infiltration rate change as putting greens age? Big hint – it sure does not get BETTER over time.
This topic was featured in the recent edition of the news magazine of the CSA News (from the American Society of Agronomy/Crop Science Society of America/Soil Science Society of America). Here is the link to the article.
The article also talks about a weird iron layer that can build up over time.
Here is a key figure from the article, sourced from the USGA. Read the whole article to get the story. As you can see, older greens = slower infiltration:
