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Zoysia patch

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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 […]

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Its not fungus, yo.

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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! […]

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Little Barley

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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.

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Drought Stress – Irrigation – Nut Sedge!

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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 […]

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White Grass blades = Powdery Mildew

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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 […]

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It is called TALL FESCUE for a reason!

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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 […]

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GopherX FAIL

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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 […]

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Got Moles?

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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 […]

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Yes, you got weeds!

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Now that the soil surface temp has exceeded 90,fescue is basically in “life support” mode. However, Nutsedge, Johngrass, Dallisgrass, crabgrass, spurge, and every other summer weed and fungus is thriving! Pre-emergent is now totally spent through a combination of rainfall and soil temperature. I realize it is frustrating to have a lawn service and a […]

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Slime mold coming!

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Rain much? I saw this in my front lawn today. Slime mold appears after long periods of daily rain(NOW). They are not actually a turfgrass disease. The (grey, black, tan) spores just hang out on leaf blades until sun dries them. The leaves can yellow a slightly and temporarily slightly from shading of leaf blade, […]

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