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May 21, 2025: Engines Running
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 […]
April 16, 2025: Muddy Waters
Excessive and in some cases, abusive rainfall amounts; keys to soggy turfgrass management; winter injury potential causes and recovery, red thread, spring golf disease prevention Weather Spring, which officially started on March 20, is rolling along, and into mid-April temperatures in the region are ahead of statistical normal, but lagging somewhat behind last year. I […]
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 […]
