Drought impacting lawns for a variety of reasons ; dollar spot resurgence on creeping bentgrass and Kentucky bluegrass; scalping and decline in relation to nitrate spikes on putting greens.                                                     […]

Summer patch hits hard in early August; fall rust outbreaks causing orange shoes; cool temperatures allowing a head start on recovery plans.                                                                   […]

Pervasive and disease conducive environment; newly grassed bentgrass green issues; basal rot anthracnose on Poa annua and creeping bentgrass; dollar spot and brown patch still rampaging; Lawn Care Diagnostic Training; New Zoysiagrass Field Day Weather Like a boulder chasing down Indiana Jones, the stressful conditions of this summer have been relentlessly pursuing cool-season turfgrass health. […]

Heat & high ET = droughty lawns; brown patch prevalent on irrigated lawns; dollar spot hitting bentgrass fairways with force & lurking on Kentucky bluegrass; 2025 field day in the books; brief pause in turfgrass diagnostic services * Turfgrass diagnostics will be taking a necessary hiatus from July 10-21. We will be attending the Olympics […]

Early summer storms; preparation for impending heat wave; brown patch and leaf spot arrival; zoysia/bermudagrass winterkill and disease activity Weather Yesterday’s storms produced a wallop in the region, with extreme winds felling trees and lodging corn. A wet first half of June followed a May with extreme rainfall in the south (Lexington, KY – 4th […]

Dollar spot off and racing; Irrigation = Ascochyta blight; Seedheads draining lawn health; Mind mowing decks and blades to reduce clipping issues. Weather  In April 2025, Indiana as a whole had the 30th warmest temperature and 10th most precipitation on record over 131 years of weather data. Indianapolis was 2.5 F above average, and the […]