Don’t let Pythium sneak into production

Protecting plants from root and stem rots can always be a challenge, particularly during late fall and winter, when there tends to be more cloudy days and the greenhouse temperatures are cooler.

It’s almost large patch time… again?

With the cool, wet weather we had during the spring of 2020, large patch activity was observed well into May or June in many locations throughout the south and transition zone.

Now is the time to plan for large patch

In the Southern and Midwestern United States, periods of cool, wet weather in late summer and fall can prompt large patch outbreaks on warm-season grasses. Zoysiagrass, centipedegrass and St. Augustinegrass are particularly susceptible to this disease, but bermudagrass can be affected as well.

Gray leaf spot management

The development of gray leaf spot in the transition and northern climates has changed the management of perennial ryegrass forever. Perennial ryegrass was first adopted by turfgrass managers because of the better tolerance to fairway and tee mowing heights versus Kentucky bluegrass.