CDGATurfgrassProgramLast Frost! Video #1, Few Issues, A New Disease?, and Tall Fescue Tenacity ResearchOur last week of April finished colder than we would have liked. With lows in the mid-30s some frost returned in the morning hours. Yep…9 min read·3 days ago----
CDGATurfgrassProgramSoils Pass Mid 50s! Few Issues, Waitea Patch, and Dollar Spot ResearchThe third full week of April brought near ideal conditions for turfgrass growth on several days. The take home message here? Nothing better…7 min read·Apr 19, 2024----
CDGATurfgrassProgramSpring Returns! Soils Warm, Broadleaf Weeds go KaBoom, and Moss ResearchWith that first chilly week behind us, April feels more like April. Quickly signs of spring have appeared (soil temperatures have warmed)…6 min read·Apr 12, 2024----
CDGATurfgrassProgramBackward Spring Goes! Cold, April Showers, Yellow Patch and Tenacity ResearchApril showers bring May flowers? Maybe so, but in a week we actually saw periods of snowfall too. Because why not? The upper Midwest was…7 min read·Apr 5, 2024----
CDGATurfgrassProgramHello Spring! Mild Winter, Little Snow, Few Issues, and Bentgrass Variety ResearchMarch 2024 was a bit of a teaser as far as a spring goes. It just means we were being told (and it felt like) it was going to be a warm one…8 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
CDGATurfgrassProgram2023 CDGA Turfgrass Program Summary ReportTemperatures. For the second summer in a row, we did not see an excessively hot summer. High temperatures about 90 degrees were largely…5 min read·Dec 13, 2023----
CDGATurfgrassProgramCloudy & Wet! Take All Patch, Yellow Tuft, Dollar Spot Peaks and Moss ResearchWhat a week! The first long stretch of cool, wet weather in the fall can be difficult to stomach. And it was. A good friend of mine (Randy…6 min read·Sep 29, 2023----
CDGATurfgrassProgramCool & Wet! Sand Bunker Education, Melting Out, Yellow Tuft, Fairway ResearchIt is now clipping along. Fall season that is. Cool nights are a regular thing. Days are both shorter and darker (long periods of light…6 min read·Sep 22, 2023----
CDGATurfgrassProgramFall! Education, ABW Again?!, 1st Grub Damage, Dollar Spot, Green ResearchThe most often said sentence of the week? “Fall is nice!” We are comfortably in a different season now. Here are some fall observations…8 min read·Sep 15, 2023----
CDGATurfgrassProgramSeptember Cools! Significant Summer Weather, Cyanobacteria, Yellow Tuft, Tee ResearchIt felt like Labor Day Oven holiday weekend. And it was. And for many it was a good thing. A last minute time to enjoy a final summertime…9 min read·Sep 8, 2023----