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July 9, 2025: Rhizattackin’
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 […]
June 19, 2025: Storms before the Storm
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 […]
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 […]