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Fall Fungicide Applications For A Healthier Spring Lawn
Apply fungicide now to help avoid spring dead spot in the Spring. Photo: Lane Tredway, Syngenta When it comes to warm-season grasses, spring quality is influenced more by what you do (or don’t do) the previous fall. Sending the turf into winter dormancy in a strong, healthy condition determines how well it survives the winter and greens up in the spring. Fall fungicide applications that protect against large patch and spring dead spot are an important part of this equation.
In a crisis, communicate
Golf Course Industry Magazine May 2020 Columns - outside the ropes May 1, 2020 Tim Moraghan © adobe stock As the COVID-19 pandemic has proved, there’s a big difference between real “news” and people just talking. Noise and distractions can blur what’s important. As a result, critical information can get lost in a sea of chatter. Chances are, none of this comes as a surprise to you.
Planning for a crisis
An example of damage caused by white grubs. © Rob Golembiewski Temperatures are starting to jump across the country and all sorts of pests are warming up for their perpetual return. Prepare yourself. Bayer is still awaiting EPA approval for its new insecticide with the active ingredient Tetraniliprole — the company expects the green light later this year — but a number of industry experts have been testing it for years.
How to get through the next few months
Golf Course Industry Magazine May 2020 Columns - golf therapy © Adobe Stock No matter where your course is located, the next few months are going to be demanding. As I write this in late April, about half of all United States courses are open for play. That number is likely to increase steadily by the end of spring.
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August 15, 2019 Share this article: SHARE: By Lane Tredway, technical services manager for Syngenta Spring dead spot is the most destructive disease of bermudagrass turf. Although symptoms appear in spring, as the name implies, fall is the key time to protect your turf against spring dead spot. Preventive applications must be made before the bermudagrass goes dormant so the active ingredient can be absorbed and translocated.
5 Tough Cool-Season Turf Diseases
Many old medical adages like “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” and “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” are just as relevant to your tall fescue landscape as they are to your own health. In fact, there are a lot of similarities between human medicine and turfgrass management. Humans have fewer health problems when they eat right, get enough sleep, manage stress levels and exercise regularly. Easier said than done! Turfgrasses are exactly the same way.
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