“Puffy Greens”

by a3c0657a_admin | Jan 29, 2018 | Golf, Turf Tips

Click to read Dr. Pete's Turf Tips: “Puffy Greens”:Sand Dilution Is A Major Part of The Solution!

About Dormant Seeding and Dormant Fertilization

by a3c0657a_admin | Dec 12, 2017 | Turf Tips

Dormant seeding is fraught with problems and dormant fertilization is largely restricted by law in Maryland, Delaware and surrounding states. Dormant seeding is defined as seeding in late fall after soil temperatures have become too cold to allow for germination. The...

Rust and Pumpkins: Common In Color and Season

by a3c0657a_admin | Oct 25, 2017 | Turf Tips

Rust (several Puccinia spp.) mostly is a problem in Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, some zoysiagrass cultivars, and is a growing problem in tall fescue. Rusts are especially damaging to turfs grown in shaded environments.  If there is an extended period...

Now Is The Time To Apply A Preventive Fungicide For Management of Spring Dead Spot

by a3c0657a_admin | Sep 18, 2017 | Turf Tips

Spring dead spot (SDS) is the most damaging fungal disease of bermudagrass turf.  This disease is caused by three root pathogens, but Ophiosphaerella korrae is the most common causal agent in the mid-Atlantic. These pathogens attack in soil on roots, stolons...

Tall Fescue Slammed By Diseases in July

by a3c0657a_admin | Jul 31, 2017 | Turf Tips

Breeders have been busy developing darker green, finer textured and denser tall fescue cultivars. Most improved cultivars, however, are quite susceptible to dollar spot, red thread and Pythium blight. Brown patch, the “Achilles Heel” of tall fescue remains...