Intense disease pressure hits Northeast golf course turfgrass
Hello, Hello,… all operators are busy at the moment. Once this weather breaks a service technician will get back to you as soon as possible. What’s that? 
You say you have summer patch, take-all, dollar spot, anthracnose, pythium, bacterial wilt, brown patch and nematodes all on the same putting green. Welcome to a typical Northeast Summer!!
This is setting up to be one of the most difficult summers in recent memory for golf course superintendents. We have had temperatures in the 90’s consistently for the last two weeks. I usually run my air conditioner once or twice a summer… it has been running for two weeks straight, even at night.
Golf course superintendents apply protective fungicide rates to greens
Today the temps have moderated to high 80’s but… the humidity has built oppressively and the dew points have risen. The Northeast has had less than .75 inches of measurable rain since mid June. That means that not only are super’s battling heat, but wilted rough’s and localized dry spot has everyone dragging hoses.
We will have rains tonight and then the temps will build into the 90s for another extended stretch! Many supers have decreased the protective spray interval on the greens to a maximum of 7 days.
Distributor reps in the area are working hard to manage calls, deliver emergency product and counsel worried golf course superintendents. The real kicker in all this is that we have 4-6 weeks of summer left. The weather pattern does not look like it will change much in the next 10-14 days.
And last but not least, the Red Sox have positioned themselves perfectly as most of their starters are on the disabled list… yes this is planned so they will be rested for October!!!
This is setting up to be one of the most difficult summers in recent memory for golf course superintendents. We have had temperatures in the 90’s consistently for the last two weeks. I usually run my air conditioner once or twice a summer… it has been running for two weeks straight, even at night.
The weather pattern for much of the territory has developed into almost daily thunderstorms that are dumping large amounts of rainfall & damaging winds. We had some tornado activity that went through Northern Ohio which pretty much wiped two small towns off the map. Flash flooding has also caused several golf courses to close down for a few days waiting for the flood waters to recede. We have had pretty steady hot & humid conditions with extended leaf wetness, all the elements for disease pressure to develop and force the hand of the golf course super to stay on top of their game pertaining to managing disease pressure.
The majority of the 
This is my first update since returning from vacation two weeks ago. We had a great time in Boca Grande, FL. For those of you considering vacations in Florida and would like to experience “Old Florida,” you must consider Boca Grande. I went to high school not far from this area and it brought back some memories of fishing trips and the like. I did catch a nice black grouper of which my wife has a picture. I’ll try to include it on the next update as “proof.” We did go after some Tarpon one morning but couldn’t get one on.
The weather in 
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