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Red Thread in Kentucky
Turf Diseases / Diseases, Mid West, South / Kentucky, Red Thread /
From what I am seeing, & hearing, I believe red thread is starting to become a larger problem than in the past, at least in KY. Areas with sufficient N, like this that received 2 lbs N in the fall, are still having noticeable occurrences. Used to just be something I rarely saw. pic.twitter.com/SGbwVmgAsL— Kenneth […]



Prominent Pest Predictions
Lawn & Landscape / Diseases, Insects, Mid West, Northeast, South, Weeds, West /
Last year, the experts Lawn & Landscape interviewed about insects and pests almost uniformly said that a wet, warm winter made it unclear what problems LCOs would face over the spring and summer.Some things never change – experts say there’s no way of knowing for sure what will be this year’s prominent problems. But those […]


White Leaf on Bermudagrass
Turf Diseases / Diseases, South, Southeast, Southwest /
some bermudagrass white leaf showing up in selections during the greenup period… pic.twitter.com/fZ33W8Q8nA — Mike Richardson (@ArkansasTurf) April 12, 2020


Turf Disease Control in the Wake of COVID-19
Rick Latin / Diseases, Mid West, Northeast, South, Southeast, Southwest, West / Diseases, turfmetrics /
Even in the best of economic times, golf course owners and administrators often ask “How can we reduce our chemical costs?” Now, as a virus-induced recession threatens, such questions will be more commonplace—perhaps with a sense of urgency. As budgets are reexamined, I suggest resisting the temptation (or pressure?) to shortchange your fungicide program. Pathogen […]


Hunker Down, Height Up – April Update: University of Missouri Turf Pathology
Lee Miller / Agronomy, Diseases, Mid West, South, Weeds / COVID19, Dollar Spot, fairy ring, forecast, Large Patch, preemergent herbicides, Pythium Root Rot, weather /
Weather March came and went somehow very slowly, and quickly at the same time. Temperatures for most in the region were 3-5+ degrees above normal, sending spring plant growth into a quick flurry. Forsythias, daffodil, and redbud blooms bursted quickly, our obvious phenological signs to get the preemergents out. Now in early April, growing degree […]


Diseases and MLSN
Micah Woods / Agronomy, Asia, Diseases, Mid West, Northeast, South, Southeast, West / Large Patch, Leaf and Sheath Blight, MLSN, STERF /
If you want to have a good sward, then you’ll need to make sure the grass is supplied with enough nutrients. I suggest that the most effective, logical, and efficient way to do that is by using MLSN. Leaf and sheath blight (Rhizoctonia zeae) on ultradwarf bermudagrass In a soil with […]