Southern Turf Conditions & Weed Updates
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
by Kathie Kalmowitz
Check out my podcast interview with Pat Jones of Golf Course Industry magazine
Pat and I talk about “Warm-Season Turf Conditions Affected by Cold Winter in the South.”
Podcast highlights
- Field update on golf course superintendents working to recover their turf health this spring in light of a slow start to season.
- Winter damage to greens, especially ultradwarf bermudagras greens.
- Threat of increased pest pressure, including fusarium patch in the Southeast and leaf spot outbreaks in ultradwarf bermudagrass, as a result of the irregularly cold weather.
- Disease prevention tips.
- Top weeds to watch, including tropical signalgrass is spreading in Florida and doveweed in the Carolinas down to Georgia.
Click here to download Dr. L. B. (Bert) McCarty’s, Clemson University, and BASF’s doveweed management program featuring Tower® herbicide from BASF Professional Turf & Ornamentals. And read how Augusta Country Club used Tower herbicide for preemergent control of doveweed here.
Comment below to share what’s happening on your warm-season turf.
Posted at 12:49 pm
About the Author
Kathie Kalmowitz
Kathie Kalmowitz, Ph.D., is a technical specialist (south) for BASF Turf & Ornamentals and is based in Raleigh, N.C.
