Author: The Turf Doctor
Tree seedling control
Getting alot of weed calls. 95% of them are for tree seedlings. Most of the seedlings are maple trees, but there are other tree seedlings that have germinated recently. Crabgrass preemergent does NOT prevent tree seedlings from germinating. Due to their woody stem nature, broadleaf weed control not very effective either. However, your lawn mower […]
Tree seedlings abundant right now!
We are getting alot of calls about tree seedlings. Our broadleaf weed control doesn’t work well on them, because of their woody tap root. Therefore, the best control is mowing! Once they are tall enough that the mower blades continously cut off the leaves, they die. It usually takes about 3 mowings in May, then […]
Zoysia patch
Though it looks non active with dry conditions, this is a form of “Brown Patch” fungus that occurs on zoysia or Bermuda, usually during spring green up. That’s why we never heavily fertilize warm season grasses with nitrogen before May. Nitrogen makes fungus worse. If you have Bermuda or zoysia and see this, please call […]
Its not fungus, yo.
Having spent the last two days looking at spots that people thought were “Brown Patch”. Here’s the deal. Brown patch on cool season grasses requires thes items: Water, heat, warm nights, humidity. If one of the above is unavailable for the fungus, it can’t develop. Currently, it’s WAY TO DRY for cool season brown patch! […]
Little Barley
This ugly winter annual is back! Its seeding now and then will die as temos climb. It generally germinates in non-overseeded Bermuda areas or curbs and bare spots.
Drought Stress – Irrigation – Nut Sedge!
Please make sure, if you have irrigation, that your irrigation has been activated. We are already seeing drought stress due to warmer temperatures and no significant rainfall within the past 10 days. It is my opinion that it will take at least an inch of water to re-wet those dry spots. Once a spot becomes […]
White Grass blades = Powdery Mildew
Lots of calls this week about white grass blades. This fungus occurs on Kentucky Bluegrass in our area during cool weather, especially in shaded areas. Tall fescue is resistant. It won’t kill the bluegrass, but will damage the blades. It will disappear when weather warms and grow out of it. Fungicide is not necessary or […]
It is called TALL FESCUE for a reason!
I realize how impressive the lawns look cut at 1.5 to 2 inches right now. However, we are trying to manage TALL fescue. Right now, fescue is still producing root growth and top growth with current soil temps. Once we hit late May, the root growth slows dramatically due to rising soil temps. Two bad […]
GopherX FAIL
After several trials, up to 30 minutes per tunnel, I am reporting that GopherX is a total fail on eastern moles. It may kill gophers in 3 minutes, but moles laugh at it! Trapping remains the best method to control the moles, PERIOD. Please call Keith Burgess 6154967004 for mole trapping. He is the best […]
Got Moles?
We are testing a new machine used for gopher mole and vole control. It is called GopherX. It uses carbon monixide combined with Castor oil to asphixiate the critters in their tunnels, and leave a castor oil coating in the tunnels, which moles do not like. Moles live on the least amount of oxygen compared […]