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Much of the Mid-Atlantic region has received plenty of rainfall the past five weeks. I am hearing yearly totals in the Philadelphia area above 22-25...
The past month has been fairly slow for ABW activity. I have had more conversations with superintendents that are just not seeing the populations of...
Let me start this blog by saying that the annual bluegrass weevil continues to give us a roller coaster ride and not one year is the same. Currently in...
We started to find consistent densities of annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) larvae in untreated check plots throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern...
This week, I traveled more than 1,200 miles, visiting golf courses and scouting for annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) adults in Richmond, VA, northern Virginia...
In the Mid-Atlantic, the weather during February 2017 was mild and drier than normal and golfers were chumping at the first tee at many golf courses on...
The recent weather pattern has been brutal in many locations of the Mid-Atlantic. We experienced hot days and warm nights with very high evapotranspiration...
The 2016 annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) season has been all over the place since it began.
My Memorial Day Picnic was cancelled because of heavy rainfall along the beaches of Delaware. So, just like last month, I'm writing this blog during...
It's May 6, 2016, it is pouring down rain and the soil is already saturated. I visited close to 20 golf courses this week and rain is one thing that...
It may have felt like spring, or even summer this week in most locations of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, however the calendar tells us that...
Over the past three weeks, in the Mid-Atlantic region, we have experienced a significant amount of evapotranspiration and very little rainfall. Most golf...
June brought a lot of rainfall for the Mid-Atlantic region. There were a number of golf courses in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia corridor...
Currently, throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania and South New Jersey we are observing an increase in mature and callow adult activity on the turf surface...
Since all of the locations I am monitoring have moved into Stage 1 or beyond, and adult activity of the spring migration has peaked or is past peak, we...
Last week marked the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. The afternoons were marked with warm sun and many different plants in the landscape were...
Albeit slowly, we have started to accumulate growing degree days (GDD). Currently, the Maryland sites have about 30 GDD. Sites in Philadelphia and Southern...
As the snow has melted throughout Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and southern Pennsylvania, we have started to accumulate growing degree day (GDD) units.
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