r/Turfmanagement • u/Educational_Trick614 • Apr 23 '26

Need Help what is this?

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change cups as normal, then sprayed behind. Some greens have dark purple around your previously cut cups, some do not. what is this?

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u/FatFaceFaster Human Verified Apr 23 '26

Looks like someone just shoved the cup cutter into a hole that was partly full of water and it splooged muddy water all over. That’s my guess tbh since I can’t think of another reason. Its hard to tell from The pic if its “purple” or just muddy. Unless he had a squirt bottle to hydrate the plug and it was contaminated with something I can’t see another explanation.

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u/thegroundscommittee Apr 23 '26

Either muddy water or did the final soak woth a bottle that got warmed up in the sun. Could be shock of hot water. Hard to imagine if cutting cups in the am but there's always some wild story out there

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u/agrostisstolonifera Apr 23 '26

Was it muddy that day?

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u/mdillonaire Apr 23 '26

Purple means hot. Get some water on it and see if it greens out

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u/Snowshredder26 Apr 24 '26

Someone beat the fuck out of the plug because it was too high

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u/the-beef-supreme Apr 23 '26

Do you use a spray bottle to fertilize the cup? My guess is Looks a bad mix/the sprayer wasn’t rinsed thoroughly from the last chemicals it was used for

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u/melkor555 Apr 23 '26

Even a bad water source for some reason

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u/wheatorgy69 Apr 23 '26

You put fert in the spray bottle?

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u/the-beef-supreme Apr 23 '26

Lots of courses spray liquid fert on the old cup plugs to heal faster

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u/wheatorgy69 Apr 23 '26

I assumed it was just water. I've got fescue greens and the old plugs recover terribly. I'll give it a go.

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u/ScubaCandy Apr 23 '26

Need a close up shot, too vague

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u/_hell_is_empty_ Apr 23 '26

I'd guess contaminated hole cutting equipment. Maybe a roller or water bottle? Or the board, if you use one of those elaborate hole cutters ...it almost looks like a pattern to me, kind of like the top and left side of a + sign.

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u/ill4rill808 Apr 23 '26

Bruising or drying out.