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![July 12, 2024: Beryl Brings Post 4th Fireworks](https://turf.purdue.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/DiseaseReport_071224.001-150x150.jpeg)
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](https://turf.purdue.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DiseaseUpdate_052824.001-150x150.jpeg)
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](https://turf.purdue.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DiseaseUpdate_050924.002-150x150.jpeg)
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](https://turf.purdue.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DiseaseUpdate_040924.001-150x150.jpeg)
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 […]