I received Insignia yesterday for demos I plan to accomplish this half of the season. I will be focusing on demonstrating the value of Insignia as a pre-aerification fungicide. Insignia controls most of the diseases present at spring renovation time. Courses spend a great deal of time and resources to accomplish these renovations. Insignia applications and disease control timed just before or just after aerification are key to a successful preventative program for anthracnose, summer patch, take-all patch and pythium root dysfunction.

I attended the USGA Greens Section Training course on Wednesday. There were no surprises here and the talk about disease last year was that superintendents skipped applications by manipulating their water usage. The dry, cool season saved substantial budget money earmarked for fungicides.
Next week will be busy with the Mid Atlantic GCSAA spring session at the University of Maryland.