Turf Tips Archives
October 2, 2024: Functions of Fall
Snow mold prevention on putting greens; reduced cool season turfgrass disease activity in fall; warm season disease prevention. Weather After a cool start, September turned on the burners and ended 3-5 degrees above normal in the region. Since 1943, September 1 marks on average the last 90-degree daily high temperature recorded in Indianapolis. This hasn’t […]
September 12, 2024: Fall Armyworms, Again?
In 2021, the entire Midwest experienced one the worst fall armyworm (Fig. 1A and B) outbreaks in decades, and for turfgrass professionals and enthusiasts it seems like we may be on the verge of another late-season outbreak. These seasonal, but sporadic insects started showing up at the end of August, and adults and egg masses […]
August 7, 2024: Peak of the Season
2024 Disease Season reaches its height; recovering from abiotic stresses; perennial ryegrass declines quickly; dollar spot on Kentucky bluegrass intensifies; brown patch looking neither brown nor patchy; algae explosion on putting greens. Thank you to all those that attended the 2024 Purdue Turf & Landscape […]
July 12, 2024: Beryl Brings Post 4th Fireworks
Beryl sparks disease activity; Brown patch/Pythium combo on tall fescue; Anthracnose pressure intensifies; Waitea/Rhizoctonia patches form on Poa; Field day next week. Purdue Turfgrass and Landscape Field Day – Next Tuesday, July 16th! The Purdue Turf and Landscape Field Day is next week on Tuesday. We will have a large number of topics ranging from […]
May 28, 2024: The Engines have Started
Diseases push on the throttle; 1st observation of brown patch on tall fescue; annual bluegrass weevil damage on bentgrass surrounds; foliar anthracnose and localized dry spot on putting greens. * I need a moment to recognize the passing of David Riedman, superintendent at Woodland […]
May 9, 2024: Pathogens Pecking
Spring prep is done; Lawns: Seedhead season; Straight lines normally don’t = disease. Golf Putting Greens: Dollar spot rings in the season; Anthracnose inoculum building and soilborne pathogens lurking. Registration for Purdue Turfgrass & Landscape Field Day open! Weather The 2024 spring oven must be gas lit because it preheated quickly. This spring remained 2-3 […]
April 11, 2024: Soggy Spring
Highlights: Wet start to spring = lawns – powdery mildew & fret over wet mower tires; focus on soilborne diseases on golf putting greens. Weather Forgoing May in the popular poem, April showers along with warm temperatures have spurred many spring flowers. Up through middle Indiana, forsythia has fast given way to blooming dandelions, henbit […]
