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Poole Side with McGee Poole

June 24th, 2008
By McGee Poole mpoole1

My Territory is seeing everything from low humidity to severe storms and flooding
The last few weeks have been somewhat typical for June. It has dried out as fast as it was too wet. A weather pattern of low humidity along with some windy conditions dried things in the lower part of my territory. Unfortunately, Indianapolis and areas south of Indy were hit hard by storms that led to severe flooding. At least one golf course superintendent we know of around Columbus, Ind., lost everything in his home.

Tough golf times make it challenging to spend coin on mild turf diseases
Disease pressure on fairways has been limited to dollar spot and the severity is low to moderate. Greens have seen other disease pressure such as anthracnose, summer patch, waitea patch, and other secondary diseases. Altogether, there is a feeling of very tough times in the golf business.
Most golf course superintendents are really pushing spray intervals, using less preventative sprays, and overall taking a good hard look at their input costs. Of course, there are exceptions.

Trinity cleared up Basal-rot strain of anthracnose
Trinity fungicide continues to excel on Anthracnose and Zoysia patch. A golf course superintendent with high expectations reported that Trinity cleared up some Basal-rot anthracnose that he had mis-diagnosed in the early stages as summer patch.


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